Colin Powell says he's considering all three candidates, praises Obama's race speech: "I'm looking at all three candidates," former secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, said during a pre-recorded interview with Diane Sawyer for today's Good Morning America. "I know them all very, very well. I consider myself a friend of each and every one of them. And I have not decided who I will vote for yet." Powell said some of the things said over the years by Rev. Jeremiah Wright are "deplorable," and he praised the way Barack Obama has handled the controversy over the senator's former pastor. "I think that Sen. Obama handled the issue well," Powell said. "He didn't look the other way. He didn't wait for the, for the, you know, for the storm to go over. He went on television, and I thought, gave a very, very thoughtful, direct speech. And he didn't abandon the minister who brought him closer to his faith."