Joe Klein was speculating the other day on a Clinton/Hagel ticket..

[Virginia Dare]

makes sense, Hillary knows that those on the far left and far right hate her, so she's going to make a run to the middle. It's an intriguing thought anyway.

[ellacott]

1. I can't see Hagel being her #2 n/t

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

2. Except that its not.

Chuck Hagel is a right wing demagogue who stumbled on a moderately sane position on Iraq. So did Sam Brownback, and if you listen to words rather than actions, 1/4 the Republican senate caucus. I don't expect to see any of them doing a Super Team Up with Hillary to Finally Unite the Country.

I'm at a total loss with the obsession over, "If we have a mixed party ticket, everything will be solved over night!" As though the synergy will create some kind of perfect medium solution to all the countries problems.

Joe Klein, who is lower than the lowliest creature in the sea, can eat glass.

[ellacott]

3. Hagel is very conservative on every other issue

except the war.

[Hieronymus]

14. I believe that Hagel has voted with Bush on everything except the war.

[Virginia Dare]

4. political pundits are paid to obsess..

he'll probably be singing a different tune next week.

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

6. This is particularly stupid, however

I mean, Hagel fucking voted for her husband's impeachment. Its not just a silly column, but I hideously fucking stupid one.

[JerseygirlCT]

24. Yeah, those mixed party daydreams leave you with dregs like

Lieberman.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. Joe Klein makes some good points, but for some reason he's obsessed with McLame

And he's not able to realize that McLame spews the same bullshit that he complains about other candidates for.

I thoroughly enjoyed Primary Colors as a work of fiction and a commentary about American politics, but not a commentary about how sleazy Bill Clinton is (since that part was exaggerated).

[aquart]

5. No. Hagel is not a Democrat.

Where do they get these endlessly stupid ideas? And why do people on DU even bother with them?

[Virginia Dare]

15. I was bored, sorry..n/t

[Capn Sunshine]

7. stupid beyond belief

just the sort of thing you see from the cozy inside the beltway crowd. Joe Klien still thinks running to the middle is a winning strategy. He doesn't get out much.

[Like It Is]

8. Clinton/Hagel?

I talked about Biden/Hagel and they locked me out. I'll watch what they do here!

[IndianaJones]

9. the far left hate her. lol. nt.

[BeyondGeography]

10. She'll need every Democratic vote she can get if she makes it to the GE

Expanding the base and getting record turnout is her only hope; independents will resist her to the end...bad idea.

[PBass]

11. This is an underhanded insult to the entire Democratic party...

It suggests that Democrats can't find a good candidate inside their own party, and they'll have to look to the GOP for a good VP.

It's an idiotic suggestion, and you're not so smart to believe it, let alone repeat it.

Oh yeah, Joe Klein is an asshat.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

12. Obama/Hagel makes more sense. Why? His whole "unity" shtick nt

[ellacott]

13. Even that makes no sense. n/t

[draft_mario_cuomo]

21. True. We will see a Dem/Dem ticket regardless of who wins the nomination

However, Obama-Hagel would make more sense than Clinton-Hagel. That is all I said. I was not claiming that we would see an Obama-Hagel ticket.

[ellacott]

27. Never accused you of that, never thought you said that

I said even that makes no sense.

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

16. Wow

Did Obama steal your girlfriend, or burn your house down? You seem fixated.


"Obama/Pol Pot's corpse makes more sense. Why? He loves Pol Pot that much. nt"

[AtomicKitten]

17. holy shit mother of god no

[MonkeyFunk]

18. Never gonna happen

every four years pundits love to propose these so-called "unity" tickets, and they never, ever happen.

[Virginia Dare]

19. Has Joe Klein ever been right about anything?...n/t

[venable]

28. not to my recollection nt

[Like It Is]

20. I know this is off topic. But do they still make that wine?

[rucky]

22. Why the hell not!

Let's quit pretending we have two parties.

[JerseygirlCT]

23. There's no way this makes any kind of sense. Hagel is NOT

a moderate. Not by any stretch of any imagination. He's very conservative. He just happens to have missed the Iraq war kool-aid hand-outs.

Besides that, he's as right-wing as they come.

[ProudDad]

26. That's as ridiculous as Kerry/McCain

Joe Klein is an idiot...