Isn’t Hegel a conservative on most issues, especially social issues, and abortion in particular? Has he abandoned all of this? If he hasn’t, how will he ever get past the Dem delegates?
Hagel is a turd. Like the many control freaks that run Congress he wants to remain relevant, and will compromise any integrity he had, if he had any in the first place.
Exactly. No way in hell is Bambi going to pick a pro-life politician for the ticket.
There is a deep isolationist streak in the upper midwest, based more on religion than ideology. They may sometimes align with the left but they are definitely separate from them. Like McCain said, Hagel is just wrong on the war.
With that in mind, Hagel is probably one of the people that I would most like to sit down with, with a bottle of bourbon, and debate America's strategic interests.
Ironically, Hagel is probably more conservative than McCain or even Bush, except for Iraq.
If Obama wins and something happens where Hagel becomes Pres, he’d be the most conservative since Reagan.