Sen. * is top GOP candidate for Dem VP slot

The following was in an email forwarded from the Jon Bruning campaign who is running against Chuck Hagel for GOP nomination for the Senate in 2008.

LINCOLN---Last night's Democratic presidential debate - the first debate officially sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee - saw Chuck Hagel emerge as the top Vice Presidential pick of two of the party's most liberal candidates, John Edwards and Joe Biden.



"Chuck Hagel's strident attacks on President Bush, his vote in favor of a strict deadline for withdrawing troops from Iraq, and his support for giving amnesty to 12 million or more illegal immigrants has made the senator well-qualified to become a Vice Presidential pick of two of the Democrats most liberal presidential candidates," said Jordan McGrain, campaign manager for the Jon Bruning campaign. "Obviously Hagel is no longer a standard-bearer for conservative Republicans."



When asked by a questioner "If you had to pick any Republican member of Congress or Republican governor to be your running mate, who would it be?" Senator Joe Biden responded by saying "I would pick Chuck Hagel." John Edwards concurred, saying "I think Chuck Hagel is a good choice."

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Why they would want a guy who could not even get above one percent in Republican polls tells you they like his positions better than they like his vote getting potential. BTW, in the most recent polling I have seen Bruning is leading Hagel for the Republican nomination. Hagel's antiwar stance in not popular back home. Putting him on the ticket would probably not even get Nebraska electoral votes for the Dems.

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