With many voters yearning for an outsider, and military officers looked up to, General David Petraeus (pictured) could be a powerful presidential candidate and a potentially accomplished President.
Many voters yearn for an outsider, someone with authenticity, integrity and proven accomplishment. Someone who has not spent their life plotting how to ascend the greasy pole, adjusting every utterance for maximum political advantage.
Barack Obama's favorability ratings have continued to slump until he is well below 50 per cent and he is no longer trusted or believed by many who voted for him.
The Tea Party movement reflects the widespread disgust with Washington and the political class.
Incumbents across the board are vulnerable in November's mid-term elections.
In this toxic climate, perhaps the only public institution that has increased in prestige in recent years is the American military. Its officers are looked upon, as General George Patton once noted, as "the modern representatives of the demi-gods and heroes of antiquity".
Where better place to look for Obama's successor than the military?
No one stands out like General David Petraeus, head of United States Central Command, leader of 230,000 troops and commander of United States forces in two wars. Having masterminded the Iraq surge, the stunning military gambit that seized victory from the jaws of defeat, he is now directing an equally daunting undertaking in Afghanistan.
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