Hagel as Obama's VP

[mix]

this can't happen

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[TwilightGardener]

1. It won't--of those two, it'll be Reed. Hagel might be a SecDef or SecState pick, though.

[mix]

5. a cabinet position i could stomach

VP, not so much

[Inuca]

21. I remember you mentioned Reed recently

you may have picked the winning ticket after all :-).

[TwilightGardener]

22. Yep--I've been saying Reed for months, actually. My political instincts ROCK!!

:D

[PBS Poll-435]

23. Jack Reed? of RI?

:popcorn:

[jenmito]

2. It won't. n/t

[Lebam in LA]

3. Obama would lose my vote

I am afraid I would have to sit out the election.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Isn't Hagel hated by Republicans the way Dems hate Lieberman?

I'm not sure how Independents see him, though.

[jenmito]

7. Yes-and both due to their positions on the war. He won't be Obama's VP.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. If the idea is to siphon off a few Republican votes in red states

I don't think it will work. Nor will Hagel encourage more Democrats to come out and vote. If Obama wants to go after independents, he'd probably be better advised to go after a moderate Democrat.

[jenmito]

15. There's no way he's going to pick Hagel for VP. The ONLY thing they agree on is the way the war.

Don't worry.

[newmajority]

20. Lieberman might have won his last election the sleaziest way possible

But at least he did win it. Nobody's really sure if Hagel was actually elected, because his own electro-fraud machines did the counting.

(And for the record, switching parties after a primary loss should be just as illegal as electro-fraud machines)

[TwilightGardener]

6. By the way, according to Ruth Marcus, it was HILLARY CLINTON who seriously considered Hagel for VP.

[Mass]

8. Neither one. Hagel would anger too many Democrats and Reed is RI senator which means we would lose

his seat to a Republican.

[TwilightGardener]

9. Why--do they have a Repub Governor? Did Jack Reed even endorse Obama yet?

He's my top pick.

[Mass]

11. Yes, they do which is why Reed is unlikely.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Oh. Rats.

[4themind]

10. Well it says it will fuel speculation

and there's no doubt about that, here(as we see) and elsewhere. I'm not too worried because I don't think it's likely to happen. I also don't think lieberman will be V.P.(for McCain) for similar reasons it'll just destroy his standing with his base. Even as a purely political maneuver, much less a philosophical one, he gains little from it. I'd sooner worry about him shooting himself in his own foot, literally

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. It also stirs up shit by a Republican slanted Reporter

see my post

[Ichingcarpenter]

14. This is just stirring up crap by CNN's neo-cons Ed Henry- not gonna happen

Media Matters on Ed Henry

CNN's Ed Henry left out key facts in report on Cornyn comments on judges
http://mediamatters.org/items/200504060007

CNN's Ed Henry selectively edited video to misleadingly suggest Lieberman supported provision he opposed regarding FEMA director
http://mediamatters.org/items/200509150005

Ed Henry supports George Bush
http://www.counterbias.com/309.html

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I believe my head would explode. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

18. Notice the reporter's slant on the piece

I documented his republican leanings up-thread and he also doctored a tape
to make a right wing point on one of his reports.

[JoFerret]

19. Agreed. It won't

We don't need the election machines that much.

[Rowdyboy]

24. I would vote Obama/Hagel but I would be VERY pissed....

No other support but I would give my vote.

[Douglas Carpenter]

25. Sen. Hagel is an anti-neocon Republican - he absolutely loathes those evil bastards

He is however also a traditional Reaganite Republican on most other issues.

What I do see good about him is that he does have the foreign background and the foreign policy credibility to stand up against the Neocons and if he did have a prominent position in the Obama Administration, he would be a strong voice of reason on what I believe is the single most important issue; preventing any more imperial wars in the Middle East. He is also someone who understands at least the Machiavellian necessity of working aggressively for peace in the Middle East.

Having sad that, I repeat, he is on almost every domestic issue a traditional Reaganite Republican.