Why not Hagel or Thompson, GOP needs something new
By E.J. Dionne Jr
WHY NOT Chuck Hagel? For that matter, why not Fred Thompson? For Republicans, 2008 promises to be a disconcerting if exciting year because for the first time since the 1964 Goldwater insurgency, the party is struggling over its philosophical direction.
The old conservatism is in crisis, Bush Republicanism (of the son's variety but not the father's) is a tainted brand, and no candidate has emerged as the Next New Thing that the party wants or needs.
That's why Hagel, the Nebraska senator and Iraq war critic, suggested Monday that he might seek the presidency.
Read the rest at... http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16908022.htm
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment