If Petraeus actually does end up changing his mind and running

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Those maps are hilarious. He'd probably crash and burn like most General candidates.

[Joe Republic]

Those maps are hilarious. He'd probably crash and burn like most General candidates.

Furthermore:

[Eraserhead]

Those maps are hilarious. He'd probably crash and burn like most General candidates.

I thought you had better reading comprehension skills than that, Joe.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

[Zarn]

2016 would be his chance, as in 2012 he'd be running against his boss.

I agree.

Ike and Petraeus don't really compare.

Truman was (in 1952) almost universally unpopular.  Obama isn't.  Assuming an approval from 55% to 65% by 2012, Obama wins.

Petraeus may have 90% approval ratings, but that means nothing.  He has 90% approval as a General; no one from Hawaii is going to support him over Obama.  No one even knows his positions.

That's a big assumption.

As is the idea that a guy who has repeatedly insisted he'll never run for public office would, a few months later, abandon his responsibilities in the middle of a ing war to run a political campaign against a boss he has never given one shred of evidence he has any quarrel with whatsoever.

Right, but that is the given of the scenario. I was going with the given.

2016 would be his chance, as in 2012 he'd be running against his boss.

I agree.

Ike and Petraeus don't really compare.

Truman was (in 1952) almost universally unpopular.  Obama isn't.  Assuming an approval from 55% to 65% by 2012, Obama wins.

Petraeus may have 90% approval ratings, but that means nothing.  He has 90% approval as a General; no one from Hawaii is going to support him over Obama.  No one even knows his positions.

That's a big assumption.

I wouldn't say so.  The economy is improving, and will continue to improve.  By 2012, public opinion will have turned over HCR.  Assuming an unemployment rate ~7%, Obama will win against anyone.

And then the unicorns came and praised Obama for his love of nature...

You can't argue with a hack. 

Look, public opinion is already turning.  The benefits of HCR will start to kick in by 2012.  The economy is already improving.

Did you just call yourself a hack?

Do you realize that public opinion is STILL against the so-called reform? The only thing that said it was getting better was one Gallup poll, but it has since fell back down. The Obama approval bounce has also come back down.

[Joe Republic]

Those maps are hilarious. He'd probably crash and burn like most General candidates.

I thought you had better reading comprehension skills than that, Joe.

But most General candidates have done pretty well, as Dallasfan and I demonstrated here.  In fact, the only General I can think of whose campaign could be described as having crashed and burned is Wes Clark.

[justW353]

Those maps are hilarious. He'd probably crash and burn like most General candidates.

I thought you had better reading comprehension skills than that, Joe.

But most General candidates have done pretty well, as Dallasfan and I demonstrated here.  In fact, the only General I can think of whose campaign could be described as having crashed and burned is Wes Clark.

and MacArthur.

[Derek]

he'd be my secretary of defense