Powell Says He Won't Run for Office

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_el_ge/powell_politics


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Asked about a poll that shows him favored in a hypothetical matchup for the governor's race, Powell said, "I'm not going to be running for office even in my beloved home state of New York, as flattering as that poll might be."


The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll showed Powell leading Democrat Eliot Spitzer, New York's attorney general, 47 percent to 42 percent if they were the candidates for governor.


Some state Republicans have urged Powell to wage a different campaign in 2006: challenging Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites), D-N.Y.


Powell shot down the idea of entering either race while attending a meeting of NATO (news - web sites) foreign ministers in Brussels.


"I don't think I've ever said I wouldn't be interested in public life again," Powell said. "I think I've repeatedly said over the course of nine-plus years that I've had no interest in political office."

[Demeter]

1. You Bet He Won't

He wouldn't get elected. They'd had to GIVE it to him, and Bush isn't feeling generous with his house slave.

[Megahurtz]

3. Or maybe he's just

sick of the Bush administration, and he knows if he got elected he may have to deal with them again.

[colonel odis]

2. i won't be running either, colin. because we'd get about the same

number of votes.