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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The big tent Republicans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The big tent Republican Party has its Northeastern RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), its Blue State moderates and its finger-to-the-wind crowd repositioning support on Iraq to the next election cycle. And they have U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), who joined with Senate Democrats on Tuesday to move their timetable to defeat toward a promised presidential veto.
Hagel and U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) joined with Senate Democrats — minus Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, an independent Democrat — to position the Senate for a final vote today or Thursday on the withdrawal timetable. Georgia’s two senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, voted to remove the nonbinding timetable. Their effort failed, 50-48.
Hagel, who has also suggested that Bush could face impeachment, is — can you believe this? — considering a race for the Republican nomination for president. I don’t have a preferred Republican presidential candidate yet. Among those who have some appeal are Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and Newt Gingrich. Among those who have zero: Chuck Hagel.
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