tnr.com - 10/14/2009
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Okay, three posts in one day about the presidential prospects of a guy who almost certainly is never going to run for president is probably a bit excessive. But this email from a self-described "(disaffected) Republican" responding to my second Petraeus post makes some smart points:
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thedailybeast.com - 10/13/2009
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BS Top - Beinart Petraeus Elsa / Getty
Images The GOP, torn apart by extremists, needs a...
hero to step up and lead the party. Peter Beinart thinks General David Petraeus is a lot like Ike. Remember last winter, when liberals were complaining that ...
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Petraeus for President?
michaelyon-online.com - 10/12/2009
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Market Garden A Remembrance During Time of War
Kandahar City, Afghanistan Slowly, surely, the city is being...
strangled. Signaling the depth of our commitment, security forces are thinner in Kandahar than the Himalayan air. During the days ...
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MARKET GARDEN
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Why Is Everyone So Sure Petraeus Is A Republican?, Ctd
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... if Obama in vulnerable
in 2012, it will be on the economy, not foreign policy), and every
criticism has an automatic retort: why didn't you work to fix this when
you were inside the tent? If some of the fringes of the GOP are pining
for Petraeus, I take more of a sign that those fringes really believe
that the usual suspects of potential GOP nominees just cannot win
against Obama and they're grasping at anything they can to find new
blood.
Jason Zengerle follows up on his previous post and compares Petraeus to Wesley Clark: Clark ...
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julescrittenden.com 6/4/2009 — From the man who brought Iraq back from the bloody brink.
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Dunn fires back at Beck over Mao remarks —
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