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• Time for a Next New School President Pool? George Mitchell, Anyone?

  Published: August 24, 2007, 12:46 pm

  Tags: Politics, Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel, George Mitchell

  means several things: 1) Chuck Hagel is not running for re-election: Kerrey, who represented Nebraska with his fellow Vietnam veteran in the late 90s, had promised to write Hagel a check if he ran for a third term in 2008. Now Kerrey is saying publicly that he doesn't think Hagel will run which probably means that he got something

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• NE-Sen: Bob Kerrey

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: Ne Sen, Nebraska, Senate, 2008, Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel

  he has become convinced Sen. Chuck Hagel will not be a candidate for a third term next year. “I am more and more certain Chuck is not going to seek re-election,” Kerrey said, “and my intention is to make my decision before he makes an announcement.” Hagel is expected to reveal his decision next month. Kerrey would be

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• Please. Just stop it already.

  Published: August 26, 2007, 12:19 pm

  Tags: David Broder, Chuck Hagel, Michael Bloomberg

  about the sum total of what Hagel appears to have told Broder. There is some more, but let's take a look at what that is: Hagel said that he and Bloomberg have "had some talks" but that neither of them is ready at this moment to form a partnership or stake out a strategy. Hagel shares the view that Bloomberg is not interested in being "a

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• Dept. Of Democracy Is Coming To The U.s.a.: Have You Heard About Our New President, Chuck Hagel?

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: 2008, Chuck Hagel, Dept Of Democracy Coming To The U S, Funny Pictures, Gop, Iraq

  that Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel has been chosen as U.S. President.This chilling banner is hanging from an abandoned office building in Butte, Montanna. Thanks to Wonkette Operative F.U. (real initials!) for the picture. No more 2008 campaign! We will leave Iraq tonight! Even though Hagel’s a right-wing nut and we no longer have a

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• NE-Sen: Bob Kerrey

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: Ne Sen, Nebraska, Senate, 2008, Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel

  he has become convinced Sen. Chuck Hagel will not be a candidate for a third term next year. “I am more and more certain Chuck is not going to seek re-election,” Kerrey said, “and my intention is to make my decision before he makes an announcement.” Hagel is expected to reveal his decision next month. Kerrey would be

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• Which Way Will He Go?

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:38 pm

  Tags: Mike Bloomberg, Chuck Hagel, Politics

  This Spring was about when the rumors started flying. Exacerbated by dinner sightings of New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, Bloomberg/Hagel08 (or possibly the other way around) seemed like a very real possibility. (more…)

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• Hagel Retiring; Sea Change in the West?

  Published: September 8, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Ne Sen, Chuck Hagel

  breathers won’t have Chuck Hagel to kick around anymore: 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 leading Nebraska newspaper reported on Saturday. Hagel, 60, a two-term senator who had been considering a White House run, will

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• Republican Senator Chuck Hagel To Retire

  Published: September 8, 2007, 6:29 pm

  Tags: Gop, Republican Party, Chuck Hagel

  Via Omaha.com: 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,

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• Thank You Chuck Hagel: It's Been Real

  Published: September 9, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: 2008 Elections, Iraq, George W Bush, Republicans, Senate, Chuck Hagel, Foreign Policy

  Chuck Hagel announces his retirement from politics tomorrow, Congress will loose that rarest of men — a principled maverick who was not afraid to stand up to his party and his president. In an era when politics in America has slouched inextricably to the right, the 60-year-old Nebraskan was difficult to pigeonhole. No mistake about

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• Good Luck Chuck Dept.: Senate to Lose Third of 'Chuck Caucus'

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel, Congress, Good Luck Chuck Dept, Nebraska, Retirement, Senate

  Nebraska Senator and cranky old anti-war Republican Chuck Hagel has finally made that big announcement he promised us months ago. Turns out that instead of running for President he’s going to...

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• Good Luck Chuck Dept.: Senate to Lose Third of 'Chuck Caucus'

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel, Congress, Good Luck Chuck Dept, Nebraska, Retirement, Senate

  old anti-war Republican Chuck Hagel has finally made that big announcement he promised us months ago. Turns out that instead of running for President he’s going to make good on his term limit promise and retire from electoral politics forever or until he gets bored and decides to run for something again in a couple years. This leaves

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• WaPo: Hagel a 'Mainstream Conservative'; No Mention of Hinting Possible Bush Impeachment

  Published: September 10, 2007, 1:13 pm

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Iraq, Labeling, Chuck Hagel, George W Bush, Associated Press, Nebraska, Washington Post, Government Amp Amp Press

  and Post accounts focused on Hagel's retirement as another obstacle in the uphill battle for control of the Senate in 2008, neither article mentioned that Hagel made an oblique reference in March to the potential to impeach President George W. Bush over the Iraq war: GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations

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• Hagel To Leave Politics

  Published: September 10, 2007, 4:10 pm

  Tags: Chuck Hagel, Politics

  Well, it’s official, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is retiring from politcs at the end of his term, he announced earlier today. (more…)

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• NE-Sen: Hagel is out

  Published: September 10, 2007, 2:35 pm

  Tags: Ne Sen, Nebraska, Senate, 2008, Chuck Hagel, Bob Kerrey, 2008 Elections

  official. Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party's side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008. "I said after I was elected in 1996 that 12 years in the Senate would probably be enough, and it is," Hagel said. It's now Democrat Bob Kerrey's seat to lose.

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• The Conditional Retirement of Chuck Hagel

  Published: September 11, 2007, 12:12 am

  Tags: Politics, 2008, Chuck Hagel, Michael Bloomberg

  Hagel may have announced his retirement from politics on Monday, but he didn't quite foreclose the possibility of running for another office. The dream of a Bloomberg-Hagel presidential ticket next year, as far as the Senator is concerned, is very much alive. I will not seek a third term in the United States Senate, the 60-year-old Mr.

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