Editor's note: A nationally syndicated columnist, Roland S. Martin is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America." Visit his Web site for more information. Roland Martin says Colin Powell should back up his words with action to reshape the GOP. (CNN) -- The back-and-forth between former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and radio entertainer Rush Limbaugh, has been, well, entertaining and fascinating. You have these enormous personalities and egos slamming into each other over what it means to be a Republican and the course the party should be on, as it is in desperate need of a vision.
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Roland Martin: Colin Powell is right to advocate a broader, more moderate GOP
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He says he should follow through on his words by building an organization
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He says Democrats regained power in 1990s after forming moderate group
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Martin: Powell could be the architect of a new Republican party
But unless a leader such as @placeholder champions the cause of a moderate Republican Party, what he has been saying lately will be merely words.