2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCrack Pipe- by Josh Marshall
Im watching a lot of neoconservative policy activists and a lot of people in the press telling me that its a very up in the air thing whether Chuck Hagel gets confirmed as Secretary of Defense. These folks should stop smoking crack. Because crack isnt good for you.
Maybe Im just out of the loop because Im not reporting aggressively myself. Or maybe I think much more likely Im not in the same crack den with the rest of these good people so the air Im breathing is clear and I know what is happening in the real world.
Will Republicans uniformly oppose a former member of their own caucus when the issues at stake are complaints that look comical when held up to the light of day? One who was one of the top foreign policy Republicans in the Senate? I doubt it.
Will Democratic senators deny a reelected President Obama his choice for one of the top four cabinet positions when he is quite popular and the expansion of their caucus is due in significant measure to his popularity? Please. Chuck Schumer will oppose the President? Not likely.
So I look forward to Republican crocodile tears on gay rights seemingly in large part over something Hagel said in the 90s in support of the Senate Republican caucuss efforts to pillory an openly gay nominee. And yes, perhaps it really will pave the way for a LGBT upsurge of support for Richard Grinnell for President in 2016. But I doubt it.
Otherwise, assuming President Obama nominates him tomorrow, get ready for a Hagel Pentagon.
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alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Chuck Hagel will be the defense secretary by this time next month.
There is little doubt about that.
Cha
(297,123 posts)to look at the neverending bloviators.