...probably not. The US hasn't had a President and Vice President from different parties since, I think, John Adams was President. Thomas Jefferson was his VP. It was a four-year political dogfight, and nearly nailed the coffin shut on what had been a warm friendship earlier in their lives.
If Obama asked him and the Democratic Party consented, I doubt Hagel would accept. He has already said he will not run for another term in the Senate and will not be a candidate for any office in 2008.
I do wonder, though, if Hagel would accept a Secretarial appointment to Defense, if Obama were elected and if it were offered. Cabinet appointments across party lines, while rare, are not unheard of.
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That would be nice, but...
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- Anybody FIGGER out Y OBAMA Went OVERSEAS?
- Yeah, to become the acting President
- re: Anybody FIGGER out Y OBAMA Went OVERSEAS?
- McCain is already getting dirty. I believe he's panicked.
- Straight talker alert!!!
- Because McCain challenged his foreign policy credentials.
- For this
- To present Chuck Hagel to the world?
