Petraeus: Like Sherman, I Won't Run For Office
Looks like there'll be some severe disappointment tonight among those who think Scholar-Warrior Petraeus would make a good Veep candidate.
Like Union General Sherman, who famously ruled out a run for President after the Civil War, Petraeus tells the USA Today edit board that he has no interest in running for political office.
Comments (4)
Daniel wrote on September 12, 2007 8:43 PM:Previous generals who ran for office were generally credited with winning a war, not directing a disastrous campaign with no political direction and dubious military strategies. It's outstanding that Petraeus would even answer such a hypothetical.
www.campaigndiaries.com della Rovere wrote on September 12, 2007 8:56 PM:with all due respect, Petraeus is a war general; we have yet to see his accomplishments if any (he is quite good at public relations). Sherman was a real war hero. i would not consider Petraeus an electoral "lock' for anything except in the fertile fantasy mind of our GOP fanatics.
Joe Klein's conscience wrote on September 12, 2007 10:07 PM:Petraeus is no Sherman!!
fuzz wrote on September 13, 2007 5:54 AM:I'm now mildly concerned that upon his return Petraeus is going to start burning blue states to the ground.
