Chuck Hagel Quits Senate
Well its about time!
Chuck Hagel will announce Monday that he is retiring from the U.S. Senate and will not run for president next year, people close to the Nebraska Republican said Friday.
Hagel plans to announce that “he will not run for re-election and that he does not intend to be a candidate for any office in 2008,” said one person, who asked not to be named.
Hagel has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. Monday at the Omaha Press Club.
According to one person interviewed, Hagel told Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Friday morning that he had decided to retire. Hagel’s staff learned of his decision that afternoon.
The North Platte native earned national recognition as perhaps the most vocal, at times angry, GOP critic of the Bush administration’s Iraq policies.
Well that is probably the time when I became most aware of him. When he started courting media and democrat attention by undermining the war effort.
Chuck I am damn glad to see you go. One less RINO in the senate certainly won’t hurt.
September 14th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Sen Hagel quit because he didn’t want the humiliation of a Republican primary defeat in Nebraska. His nasty liberalism on the war, his liberalism on immigration, his bad mouthing of President Bush and excessive praise of the liberal Mayor Bloomberg doomed him in Nebraska, he he knows it.
It’s good to know that this arrogant and bad tempered RHINO will be gone someplace in 16 months.