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Nichlemn
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« on: August 01, 2011, 01:45:06 AM »
« edited: August 26, 2011, 08:05:52 PM by Nichlemn »
Plenty of candidates decline to run because their chances weren't great. But how many were genuinely popular enough that their decision not to run could be construed as genuinely being uninterested in the Presidency? I'm thinking of General William Sherman, the originator of the Shermanesque statement, of which this might be true.
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Nichlemn
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2011, 04:18:05 AM »
Quote from: antwnzrr on August 01, 2011, 03:03:49 AM
Mario Cuomo and Colin Powell are two that I can think off right away.

At least in 1992, Cuomo's decision not to run probably stemmed from Bush's seeming invulnerability. IIRC Powell was spooked by the possibly Bradley effect. I'm thinking of someone like Eisenhower if he had declined his draft.
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