Wouldn't Hagel be the ideal choice for McCain?

[mdmc]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_el_pr/obama_hagel

I think that the GOP needs an image overhaul, STAT. Ron Paul and Chuck Hagel are the only people that can do it, imho. Poor McCain is destine to lose in 2008, imho.

[Imagevision]

1. freeper?

[rox63]

2. No way that would happen

Hagel opposes the war.

[tekisui]

3. I don't think Hagel would want anything to do with that war monger.

[FSogol]

4. Except that Hagel's wife (and probably Hagel himself) are supporting Obama. n/t

[iamjoy]

8. I Doubt Hagel Is

Rogue Republicans are a lot more self preserving than rogue Democrats. That's why you see Lieberman acting as a surrogate for McCain. I doubt Hagel will actively support Obama, but any failure to endorse McCain and his distance from McCain will be the indication.

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I am being proven wrong
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6391234

[anonymous171]

5. No. McCain is a neocon and Hagel does not like neocons, same w/ Ron Paul.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. yes he would, mike

[pdxmike]

7. nope. they've had a bitter falling out.

Hagel, McCain and Kerry used to be friends and were political allies on many issues. Kerry and McCain had their falling out in the '04 general election campaign(and to think that McCain and Kerry reportedly talked about McCain joining the ticket!). The McCain and Hagel rift is unbridgeable from what I hear. Hagel has become more and more outspoken about Iraq. He also has been providing rear guard cover for Obama on foreign policy issues. That must drive McCain nuts!. Hagel is an old school conservative, Ike style Republican. He can't stand what's happened to his party.

[mdmc]

10. thanks for the post

I didn't know this.

[Thrill]

9. Hagel wants out of this war. He would never support McCain

[AlCzervik]

11. why would you give the gop any advice that might actually be good? They suck.

[TwilightGardener]

12. McCain might have chosen him as VP in 2000, had he

won the primary--Hagel was McCain's national campaign co-chair. He was also on Bush's short list for VP in 2000, as well--was vetted by Cheney. He's pretty much burned the bridges since then. He said in an interview that McCain was "smarter" than some of the foreign policy stuff he's been espousing--Ouch! I don't think there's a bigger insult, really, than to suggest that his old friend is now totally full of shit (although it's true).