Bruising confirmation fight could weaken Hagel, even if confirmed
President Obama’s nominee to lead the Pentagon was subjected to a harsh eight-hour grilling at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he faced a barrage of attacks Thursday from most Republicans on the panel.
It’s the same committee that will work closely with the next Defense secretary on a number of pressing issues, from sequestration and budget cuts to the drawdown in Afghanistan…
One GOP aide knowledgeable in defense issues said that Republican uneasiness over Hagel would make it much tougher to him reach deals over controversial issues in defense legislation than Obama’s first two Defense secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta.
“You need a strong, tough secretary of Defense to push back when he’s right, and not cave when he faces tough questions,” said the aide. “With a guy like Hagel, you don’t know that a deal you cut in the room is the deal you’ve got when he leaves. With Gates, and Panetta, at least you knew that.”
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Mega-BS… if Hagel squeaks by and gets the Senate’s approval… he’ll do as he damn well pleases.
And NOBODY will do doddle-squat about it…
(Have any of Obozo’s thugs have been impeached, or punished for their actions? No… I didn’t think so.)
CPT. Charles on February 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
What’s one more joker helping to run the government?! Be generous, people.
Shy Guy on February 2, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Weaken him how? He doesn’t have to face an election. There’s nothing we can do to affect his policy. The same worthless administration is going to be in power at least another four years.
What we did is expose him for what he is, and make voting to confirm him a liability to those who choose to do so. Every time he does something incompetent, asinine, or malicious from his position, the free and fair press will be there to expose him and remind us of the Senators that chose to enable him….
BAHAHAHA! Just screwin’. He’s a bro. He’ll be getting the full Goebbels worth of coverups and arsekissing like every other boob in this administration.
Gingotts on February 2, 2013 at 1:30 PM
FIFY
RoadRunner on February 2, 2013 at 1:35 PM
I don’t believe that headline for a second. Might be true in an administration with a sense of shame and accountability, but not in this one.
Socratease on February 2, 2013 at 1:37 PM
What do they mean “even if confirmed”? Stalwart republicans like McLame and Grahamnesty will break their ankles in their haste to run to the opposite side of the aisle and vote to confirm this incompetent idiot to prove that they are centrists and bi-partisan.
RoadRunner on February 2, 2013 at 1:38 PM
He’s right….since he’s been reelected, the mission has been to weaken Obama and his admin by exposing their radical beliefs and how they don’t work in the real world.
thebrokenrattle on February 2, 2013 at 1:48 PM
That means he’ll fit right in with this WH.
petefrt on February 2, 2013 at 2:00 PM