Hagel Weighs Running as Independent

Senator flirts with White House run, New York mayor
By Sarah Seltzer,  Newser User
Posted May 14, 2007 8:51 AM CDT
Hagel Weighs Running as Independent
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attends News Corp.'s Global Energy Initiative Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in New York. For more than a year, the Republican billionaire has said he is not entering the race for president, but his frequent travel outside New York and greater focus on national issues, plus...   (Associated Press)

Republican gadfly Chuck Hagel hinted yesterday at an independent bid for the White House, saying "the system needs to be shaken up." The Nebraska senator used the "Face the Nation" pulpit to vent his continuing frustration with the GOP, particularly on Iraq. The lifelong Republican also expressed admiration for another rumored independent hopeful, Mike Bloomberg.

"It’s a great country to think about a New York boy and a Nebraska boy leading this nation," he said of the New York mayor, with whom he met recently. Hagel also warned of increasing Republican discontent with the current Iraq policy and said the party has "been hijacked by a group of single-minded, almost isolationist insulationists." (More Chuck Hagel stories.)

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