WaPo's Broder: Bloomberg And Hagel For 2008?

[TwilightGardener]

I thought Bloomberg had made a Sherman statement to Dan Rather? Was that a load of BS, or did either Hagel or Broder not get that message?

--snip--
Chuck Hagel, the senator from Nebraska, describes himself as a "tidal" politician, one who believes that larger forces in society shape careers more than the ambitions of individuals. "The only mistakes I've made," he told me last week, "were when I tried to go against the tide."

Today, that tide may be carrying him away from his Republican Party and toward a third-party or independent ticket with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- a development that could reshape the dynamics of the 2008 presidential race.

Next month, Hagel will make a threshold decision -- whether to run for a third term in the Senate. He gave me no definitive answer, but my guess is that he will say that 12 years of battling the institutional lethargy of Capitol Hill will be enough. Certainly he is under no illusions about how much he can achieve as one of 100 lawmakers.

--snip--

Hagel said that he and Bloomberg have "had some talks" but that neither of them is ready at this moment to form a partnership or stake out a strategy. Like everyone else, Hagel understands that the mayor's personal wealth would permit him to organize a campaign, starting in the winter or spring, and still have time to gain ballot access in enough states to make him a credible national candidate. But wealth alone will not bring him within reach of 270 electoral votes, and Hagel shares the view that Bloomberg is not interested in being "a spoiler" whose only effect would be to hurt one of the major-party candidates.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082402009.html

[bigdarryl]

1. Stupid post the man already said he's not running

[TwilightGardener]

2. Uh, thanks--reread my first sentence. Apparently someone's not

telling the truth. I don't believe these guys for one second--I'll bet it's all a part of their will-they-or-won't-they strategy, and that everything they say is coordinated and calculated.

[Milo_Bloom]

8. He wouldn't be the first to rule it out and then change his mind.

And depending on the Democratic nominee, he will make his decision.

There are 2 candidates who would keep him out. Gore and Clinton.

If he says he is absolutely not running, he might know something some others don't.

[TwilightGardener]

12. I don't think he ruled it out--Bloomberg said the same things he's

always been saying, but Dan Rather thought he was getting a scoop by reporting Bloomberg's same denials as definitive. I suspect he's still thinking of running, or he wouldn't send Hagel and Sam Nunn to talk him up to the media. I don't think he'll run if Obama is the nominee, but I think he will if it's Hillary.

[Joe Bacon]

3. yet another lie from Broderella, King of the Press Whores

Really I want to know what fairy dust Broderella is snorting!

[Joe Bacon]

5. Here's Broderella at his best!

http://www.thepoorman.net/2007/05/14/keyboard-kommando-komics-presents-11/

[TwilightGardener]

LOL! Thanks for that! I don't think he has much credibility left anymore.

[peacetalksforall]

4. NO WAY HAGEL - A VOTE THIEF. A TRAITOR. No matter which

party he runs with. Another sorry creature for being a part of the plan to take our votes.

[OHdem10]

6. Poor Broder---He hjad better get over that

"Paradise Fantasy". He thinks we should all sit aroung
and sing CUM -BY -Ya. Politics is how problems are
solved. When there is much at stake it will take time
to fight it out. Broder has been disconnected so long
who pays attention to him anymore.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Broder is an over-the-hill pompous pundit

that comes second to George Will in Beltway wisdom, what we in the middle of the country refer to as bullshit.

:eyes:

[TwilightGardener]

10. Well, to be fair to Broder, I don't think these were HIS views--

these were Hagel's. He was just reporting them.

[saltpoint]

9. And look for David Broder's column next Sunday, "Potted Geraniums -- And Why

America Still Prefers Them for Patio Settings."

[Joe Bacon]

11. and here's MORE of BRODERELLA in WANK-O VISION®

I can't stop laughing at this one because it is so true, shows the world that Broderella is forever trapped in the Land of the B-Holes because Broderella just does NOT have what it takes to be an A-Hole!

http://www.thepoorman.net/2006/09/29/keyboard-kommando-komix-presents-4