Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message news:<412B1516.29483A9C@yahoo.co.jp>...
> Raj Feridun wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:52:05 +0900, Michael Cash
> > <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>The absolute quote of the day:
>  
> > >>"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and
> > >>well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard
> > >>units... Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class
> > >>discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all
> > >>Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their
> > >>country."
>  
> > >>- Colin Powell's autobiography,
> > >>My American Journey, p. 148
>  
> > >I would be very pleased if he ran in 2008.
> >
> > I'd be pleased (and vote for him) if he ran in 2004. Why he's lowering
> > himself to work for Bush is beyond me.
> 
> It is too bad Powell did not run for president before Gov. George Bush
> ever appeared, back when a poll showed he would have been the leading
> Republican candidate, and that his ethnicity did not pose a barrier. His
> showing as Secretary of State could now hurt his chances.

There are a lot of factors that come into play. For starters, history
could be very kind to him, regardless of the outcome; most people
blame the president for what's going on in Iraq, not Powell, and there
have been reports that Powell has not always seen eye-to-eye with the
President. Plus the war in Iraq is far from over; we're fairly
impatient as a society (most modern societies are) so we want it to be
over, but it'll take some time. Assuming no great loss of US life
he'll probably be okay in four years time to run for president. The
only catch will be that I suspect the Republicans want the other Bush
to run for president next. Nothing to support that; just a hunch.

If Bush wanted to ensure victory he'd name Powell VP (or even Condy
Rice) and show Cheney the door.

John W.