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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:06 AM
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CNN live - Hagel's NOT running for President... yet
at least right now....

live speech from Omaha

Says he needs to focus on key issues and not divert his energy with competing political considerations.

Keeping his options open, and will make a formal decision later this year on his political future.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:08 AM
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1. Was that Al or Chuck's Press Conference?
:shrug:
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:08 AM
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2. He sucked the press in....lol
I'm afraid to peek at how Fox is covering this.

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gasperc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:12 AM
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4. "Hagel endorses Bush's policies, DEMs in dissarray" Fox
I made that up but let's she what they add

although I think They'll add it to the wall of shame
http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/fox_news_crazy_.html
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:11 AM
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3. That was a real non-starter.
I couldn't tell whether he was going to leave the GOP, or what?
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:18 AM
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5. LOL..
I know, me neither.

What an odd thing to have a press conference about.

"I've called you all here to let you know that I will do what I've been doing until some unspecified later date, at which point things may or may not change."
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:32 AM
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6. NEWS
And in other news it has been found that Dick Cheney has NO heart............
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:36 AM
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7. what the hell was that? Did Hagel just want to let us know how much he digs Dana Bash from CNN.
What a total waste of airtime. -5 for Chuck Hagel, -10 for Dana Bash.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:44 AM
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8. You got that right. What a dumb ass press conference?!
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PresidentObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 12:05 PM
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9. He's kicking the can a little further.
I think he may wait and see how things pan out, and if he runs...I don't think he'll run as a Republican. He knows he'll have NO chance once so ever for the nomination. I think he'd run as an Independent if he does run. But we'll see!!
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:20 PM
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10. Sounds like he's running to me
He's just going to do it his own way.

I believe the political currents in America are more unpredictable today than at any time in modern history. We are experiencing a political re-orientation, a redefining and moving toward a new political center of gravity. This movement is bigger than both parties. The need to solve problems and meet challenges is overtaking the ideological debates of the last three decades -- as it should. America is demanding honest, competent and accountable governance.

A global political readjustment is also in play today...and will respond to America's leadership. What is at stake for the future of America is larger than just American politics. Politics is simply the mechanism democracies use to affect responsible change. The world is not static, it is dynamic.

At the beginning of my remarks I said that America is reaching for a national consensus of purpose. We will find it because Americans expect it and will demand it. I do not believe America's greatness is lost to the 20th Century. There are chapters of America's greatness yet to be written. I intend to continue being part of America's story.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/hagel-announces-noncampa_b_43218.html
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:22 PM
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11. If he does plan on running in the future....
he just lost the presidency with this non press conference.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:24 PM
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12. He's running, but is a member of the same club as Gore, Clark, and Gingrich.
I think they could all still get in the race, but all are waiting *at least* for some mortal wounds to be inflicted on the members of the 'teeming masses' already running.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:28 PM
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13. Not buying into this grossly obscene
primary season. I can respect that.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:35 PM
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14. "grossly obscene"
Well said :thumbsup:
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AshevilleGuy Donating Member (947 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 02:38 PM
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15. Perhaps the WH or RNC got to him?
They probably told him that there is NO WAY he would be allowed to be nominee, because his antiwar stand would be embarrassing to them. So we run and not get the nom? Hagel is too proud for that.

I fear that President Gore is in a similar situation, if he has been told that it's all set for Hilary.
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