Senator Hagel to be at the University of Nebraska Lincoln on Wednesday

Senator Hagel will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln tomorrow (Wednesday) according to this report:

Sen. Chuck Hagel will be at the Nebraska Union Auditorium on Wednesday at 11 a.m. He will be signing copies of the book that UNL news-editorial professor Charlyne Berens wrote about Hagel.

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Focus on the 2006 elections

Chuck Hagel and his PAC (Sandhills) have been focusing on the 2006 election and working to get Republicans elected, and particularly has been focused on the U.S. Senate. These are the candidates for the U.S. Senate that Senator Hagel's PAC has given money to for this election.

National Republican Senatorial Committee $30,000

Senator Mike DeWine	$10,000
Senator Rick Santorum	$10,000
Senator Jim Talent	$10,000
Senator Conrad Burns	$10,000
Senator Lincoln Chafee	$10,000
Senator George Allen	$10,000
Senator Jon Kyl	$10,000
Representative Mark Kennedy (MN Senate Candidate)	$10,000

Mr. John Raese (WV Senate Candidate)	$5,000
Mr. Pete Ricketts (NE Senate Candidate)	$10,000

Mr. Mike McGavick (WA Senate Candidate)	$10,000
Senator Olympia Snowe	$5,000

Senator John Ensign	$5,000
The Honorable Bob Corker (TN Senate Candidate)	$5,000

The Honorable Michael Steele (MD Senate Candidate)	$10,000
The Honorable Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ Senate Candidate)	$10,000

Former Senator Bob Kerrey on Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward

“After reading Charlyne Berens’s very thorough study of Chuck Hagel, I am more than ever proud to call this fearless, outspoken, passionate, and principled man ‘friend.’ Choosing conscience over conformity, he represents the best of bipartisanship and patriotism.”

—Bob Kerrey, President of The New School and former U.S. Senator

Vote Hagel on-line

A great blog, WeThePeople, has just added Senator Chuck Hagel to its 2008 poll. Go forth and vote Hagel. Thanks to Charles Amico (who writes the blog) for the heads up.

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Hagel book event tomorrow in Omaha

UNP Salon for New Chuck Hagel Biography

UNP Salon

Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward

October 26, 2006, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Joslyn Castle

3902 Davenport Street

Omaha, Nebraska

Event with the author of the book, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward, and other panelists. It is free and open to the public.

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Esquire Magazine: Nine Pillars of Congress

The latest issue of Esquire Magazine listed who it saw as the nine pillars of Congress, and Chuck Hagel is at the top of their list (literally). This quote is via Don Walton in the Journal Star.

Esquire Magazine, listing Chuck Hagel as one of its nine pillars of Congress: “The kind of Republican every Republican should aspire to be. Scratch that. The kind of senator every senator should aspire to be. Independent, thoughtful and big enough to see the virtue in the arguments of his opponents. A classic, limited-government, low-tax conservative.”

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Groups growing

The Chuck Hagel for President in 2008 Google Group has been active lately with some good discussion. Likewise, the Chuck Hagel for President 2008 facebook group has been growing quickly. Feel free to join in on these two (and other related) groups.

A New Direction for U.S. Foreign Policy

A new poll shows that most Americans want a change in U.S. foreign policy. In 2008 the citizens of the United States will still be calling for the repair of our standing in the world. Chuck Hagel is the best person to do just that.

The full article about the poll is quite interesting and enlightening. Check it out.

Seven in Ten Americans Favor Congressional Candidates Who Will Pursue a Major Change in Foreign Policy

U.S. Public Wants Less Emphasis on Military Force, More on Working Through U.N.

A Majority Supports Direct Talks with North Korea and Iran

Going into the November midterm elections, seven in ten Americans say they prefer Congressional candidates who will pursue a new approach to U.S. foreign policy. A new nationwide survey finds a large and growing majority of Americans is dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world. Most Americans believe that U.S. policies are increasing the threat of terrorist attack and decreasing goodwill toward the United States.

The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)/Knowledge Networks poll also finds that large majorities of Americans feel that the United States puts too much emphasis on military force and unilateral action. Most say they want their member of Congress to work to shift the emphasis of U.S. foreign policy in favor of diplomacy, multilateral cooperation, and homeland security.

They also stress the need for programs to reduce the United States’ dependence on oil. When given the opportunity to reshape the foreign policy budget, respondents redistribute spending from military programs to other methods of pursuing security.

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Hagel '08 Merchandise from around the Web

It's been a while since I last posted about where you can find Chuck Hagel for President merchandise from various sites on the internet. Here are some of them:

http://www.republicansource.com/hagel.htm
http://www.cafepress.com/politicalpickle/1531463
http://www.cafepress.com/mypresident2008/749233

There is a more complete listing from an older post here.

Interesting side note

There was a post at Cheap Tricks which had an entertaining observation:

"Chuck Hagel is a badass"

No context in that post for it, just an observation.

Senator Hagel's Upcoming Talk in New York

Chuck Hagel will be speaking at the Oxonian Society in Manhattan on October 26, 2006 from 8 to 9 A.M.

Senator Chuck Hagel, is a leading senator and political maverick. He is considered to be one of the top contenders for the Republican Party’s nomination for the President of the United States for the 2008 election.

For more details, click here. The last day to register is 10/24/2006.

"The Next President of the United States"

Here is an interesting take on the 2008 Presidential election titled "The Next President of the United States." It's from last year, but the reasoning is quite solid.

The American people are rejecting the Bush Administration by ever-increasing percentages. That may be good news -- for the GOP. As leading Democrats stumble toward a mythical "center" in search of votes, one smart Senator is showing how a conservative Republican can win in '08. Meet the next President of the United States: Chuck Hagel.

Call it Bush Fatigue, and it's driven by two factors. The first is a widespread perception that Iraq was a mistake. Only 44% of Americans think we did the right thing by invading, yet leading Democrats still refuse to argue against the rationale for war. The second is the growing understanding that the Administration is rife with incompetence and cronyism. Democrats are waiting for this issue to turn voters their way, but incompetence and cronyism are behaviors, not policy positions. A candidate from either party can claim he'll do better.

Which brings us to Chuck Hagel. A staunch conservative, he's a media-savvy former broadcaster, a decorated Vietnam veteran with an entrepreneurial background. Despite his right-wing background and his past loyalty to the Bush crowd, he's been bashing their management of the war for some time now. He never hesitates to point out to reporters that this makes him a "maverick." And, as a former businessman, he can present himself as the honest and competent "CEO President" we were promised with Bush.

Following Bill Clinton's lead, none of the top Democratic candidates seem to be brave and honest enough to say what the American people already know: the war was a mistake sold on lies. Faced with two candidates who say that the only problem with Iraq is poor management, who are the voters going to trust: the armchair quarterback or the decorated veteran? And who inspires more confidence on the competence question: the ex-CEO "straight-shooter" with a logically consistent position, or the career politician from the "I-voted-for-it-before-I ..." crowd?

Chuck Hagel's conservative enough to make it through the reactionary hazing of the GOP primaries, yet able to stake out a position as an anti-Bush. The Democrats seem to be deluding themselves again into thinking that events will do for them what they can't do for themselves. While they wait expectantly, one Republican senator is walking down the road to the White House.

If Hagel's the Ghost of Presidents Future, Democrats may echo Ebenezer Scrooge's question: "Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?" The answer's in their hands.

What are your thoughts on this blog post by R.J. Eskow?
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