Reply #8: It's not what people want to hear. [View All]

It's not what people want to consider. There are NO good options -- none.

I, too, hope he runs; but I'm not sure most people can take the honest, hard truth. "End the war" from the Democrats (as if everything will settle down and "end" on its own if our forces abruptly leave) and "Fight and win" from the Republicans (as if there's something to "win" or someone to defeat) are the two simplistic polarities people want to buy into.

I have been wondering what his "preconditions" are for running, and I can only imagine it's about one of the frontrunners stumbling... I've wondered if he's in line for a key cabinet position or even VP with one of them, but the things they say are so different from what he says.

It's hard to feel optimistic about any of this, on any level, any way I look at it.