Huey Long - could that be a referance to his alleged dying request to be buried in his home state of Louisiana somthat he could continue to play an active part in politics by voting? (Though "voting the dead" strikes me as a more honest way of rigging the polls than some other methods in vogue.)

And here's a piece about Colin Powell which sheds an interesting light on some aspects of his career. Such as the initial My Lai cover-up. (Incidentally is that way of pronouncing "Colin" to rhyme with "rollin'" instead of with "pollen" the normal American way of pronouncing it?)