Petraeus for President? He Says, 'No way!'

Very smart man and I hope he holds to his believes. Why would anyone in their right mind want to become president is beyond me. You are in charge of a country with very limited powers ( you have to beg congress for everything). Everything that happens you get blamed for even if it was out of your control.you serve 4 or 8 years and you look like you have aged 30 years when you are done. Then you return to a private life which is never private. You can not even take your family on a vacation without being surround by secret service. Just think about this Obama's two little girls will never be able to live a private life like your child. They will have secret service with them everywhere they go and with them on everything they do. Will not even be able to go on a date with just the boy. Not to mention who ever the poor boy they want to date will be checked out from top to bottom. What kind of life is this.

now that is one thing he and i can both agree on!

The nation's loss.

Why would he want to come into this fray? All those years in combat. He's not qualified either, although, he is cute.

As they say in the stock market- Future performance might be different from past performances. Like Clint Eastwood said "A man has to know his limits" Patraeus is good at what he does and is comfortable with that. He might not be so good running the country though. Wait a year and see how things progress in Afghanistan and you might not be so impressed.

Remember Colin Powell and the Iraq War 1? He might have been a good candidate for president but compromised himself by supporting W on Iraq War 2 justification when the information was know high up to be bogus. One mistake people make is to take someone very good at one job and think they will be good at another. Sometimes it works - Eisenhower. But I suppose that doesn't stop the party from putting up someone with a spotty record of business failures like W only to discover the similar consistency in how he ran his administration and the country into the financial ground.