Media: Dick Clark's rockin' new year ball droppin' replacement is...

Colin Powell!!!

The buzz now should be whether this is a semi-tacit network endorsement of Bush policies, or the antithesis. Or if, of course, it's because Colin Powell might be the only person in the country immune to the FCC, since his son runs it.

I think it's just because he's so goshdarn loveable! Powell is a product of NYC public schools, too.