Hagel: No 2008 plans as independent
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Don't count on the possibility that Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., might run for president next year as an independent.
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Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, said today that he is not jumping into the race â for now, at least.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel, one of the more forceful Republican voices in opposition to the Iraq war, on Monday put off a decision about a possible 2008 presidential bid, saying he wanted to focus on the conflict
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Michael Markman asked his rep to support Senator Obama, because his district went for him in the Washington caucus last Saturday. The response he got is one we've heard frequently. What about Kennedy and Kerry, will they vote for Clinton because Massachusetts went for her? What I said: "They're independent questions. It's a rhetorical trick to try to invalidate your opinion or confuse you. You want your rep to support Obama. Period. Let's send emails to Kerry and Kennedy saying the same thing." In any case... I don't think it's going to be such a big issue.  The remaining primaries are a referendum on the two candidates. The voters of Virginia, Maryland, DC, Wisconsin, Vermont, Rhode Island, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, et al, will decide. Whoever they choose will be the nominee. The super-delegates who invalidate that decision do so at considerable risk. In the age of the Internet, we have excellent communication tools. There will be no way to hide such a decision. That's what makes 2008 different.
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Sen. Joe Biden said he is the only Democratic presidential candidate who has a plan for Iraq, dismissing the ideas of other contenders as tactics that would leave the Middle East in peril. "They have tactics, not a plan," Biden told The Associated Press on Friday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the first foreign leader to visit since Saturday's election, all but declared Karzai the winner before a single ballot was counted...
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As an independent candidate for President, he wouldn't be a favorite. But he could hurt the Democrats' chances
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a harsh critic of the Iraq war, plans to retire and will not seek the Republican presidential nomination next year, a source said on Saturday.
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A component of state transportation legislation that would shift responsibility for planning and building secondary roads to Northern Virginia localities is a nonstarter, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday.  Kaine made his comments after meeting with regional leaders.
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Havas of France, which is seen as a possible takeover target after it failed in a recent bid to join the advertising industry&#39;s big leagues, on Thursday outlined a strategy for remaining independent after a French shareholder disclosed that he had amassed
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He's just back from a trip to Syria to drum up contracts for Austrian companies. In recent years, he ignored criticism from the West and met with Moammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein. Austria's Joerg Haider, increasingly sidelined in domestic politics since his far-right Freedom Party imploded, is looking further afield for an audience now.
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Schwarzenegger for president in 2008? No, he's not eligible.
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U.S. News & World Report - Throughout the presidential campaign, the Republicans have shown remarkable discipline in their public messages--but the deteriorating situation in Iraq is testing some of that unity. The strain was evident at a Senate hearing last week where Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel unloaded on the Bush administration's sluggish reconstruction efforts in Iraq. &quot;It's beyond pitiful; it's beyond embarrassing. It is now in the zone of dangerous,&quot; he thundered. ...
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Seems like anyone who can run for president in 2008 is considering it. And who can blame them? For the first time since 1928, there is no president running for re-election or vice president seeking his party's nomination.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not run for president in 2008, Republican officials said Wednesday, as the field of White House contenders continued to shrink more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday he was not a candidate for U.S. president in 2008 despite speculation he quit the Republican party to prepare to run as an independent.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who nearly won the vice presidency as a Democrat in 2000, says there's no way he'll be Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate should McCain become the party's presidential nominee.