Democrats court Ricardo Sanchez for Texas Senate seat

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Democrats court Ricardo Sanchez for Texas Senate seat

http://www.latimes.com.nyud.net:8090/media/photo/2011-04/197857480-18092126.jpg

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, pictured speaking to the media in Baghdad in February 2004, is being
recruited to run for the U.S. Senate in Texas as a Democrat. (Spencer Platt, Getty Images)

By Michael A. Memoli

April 18, 2011, 9:55 a.m.
Eager to expand the electoral map in their effort to maintain control of the Senate, national Democrats are recruiting Ricardo Sanchez, former commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, to run for the open seat in Texas in 2012.

Sanchez, a retired Army lieutenant general, has not made a final decision on the race, but Democrats in Texas and Washington say he's giving it serious consideration.

During a briefing with reporters last week, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee chair Patty Murray of Washington teased that the party may have a top-tier recruit in the Lone Star State. She listed Texas among her "6 for 12," places where Democrats planned to target Republican-held seats.

"General Sanchez has spent his entire life serving our country, and there's no question he would be a strong candidate if he decides to continue to serve his country in the U.S. Senate," DSCC spokesman Matt Canter said in a statement Monday. "He's exactly the kind of independent leader who can win in Texas."



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-ricardo-sanchez-senate-20110418,0,2209944.story

[Autumn]

1. So what are his credential's?

Other than being a General. Blue dog? Blank slate?

[Judi Lynn]

2. Dems look at Ricardo Sanchez for Kay Bailey Hutchison Senate seat

April 18, 2011
Dems look at Ricardo Sanchez for Kay Bailey Hutchison Senate seat

A former U.S. military commander in Iraq who later criticized Bush administration policy in the Middle East is being eyed as a possible candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat in Texas.

Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is being recruited by Democrats for the seat being vacated by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who is not seeking re-election in 2012.

Sanchez retired from the Army in 2006 as the highest-ranking Hispanic in the U.S. Armed Services. His career of 33 years was marked by a turbulent tenure in Iraq that included the Abu Ghraib prison scandal - of which he was cleared of wrongdoing by investigators.

He became a critic of the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq and even gave the Democratic rebuttal to the president's weekly radio address in 2007.

More:
http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/dems_look_at_ricardo_sanchez_f.html

(My emphasis.)

[mitchtv]

4. cleared of wrongdoing?

while the female general got framed?

[demosincebirth]

3. Does he have any foreign policy experience?

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. You mean the theater commander during Abu Graib?

Oy... of course I am not surprised. Nobody senior will ever face the music for that... how imperial of us.