I like the idea for several reasons, just as I like Chuck Hagel for several reasons, but I don't know how comfortable Dems, and myself, would feel about a VP who is not pro-choice.

I think he could be an excellent surrogate for the Obama campaign but I wouldn't want to see him in the VP spot.

I don't understand why any Democrat ever countenances the notion of a Republican on the VP slot. Would you countenance Democrats voting for a Republican President? That's what he is - a President in waiting, as it were.

Well that certainly would give women who supported Senator Clinton a real reason to be pissed off, and I would not blame them for shunning such a ticket.

Senator Hagel had the highest conservative voting record in the Senate last year.

If we can not come up with a qualified Democrat to put on the Democratic ticket, then we do not deserve to even call ourselves a party of progressives.

Just imagine watching two Republicans facing off in the one VP debate. Are you nuts. Enough with all this crap about how we have to adopt a right wing Republican, and persuade him to change his anti-choice spots, in order to save us from ourselves.

Hell NO!

I disagree with Hagel on most things, but love his integrity as demonstrated by his Iraq war stance. I think it would help bring the country together and give Obama more support if he puts him in an important position as it relates to foreign policy. And if he names him VP, well, I think he would win in a landslide, especially if McCain picked Hillary in response.

According to opensecrets.org, Hagel's wife gave a total of $500 to Obama in February 2008. Hmm . . .

Still, I think all the talk about Hagel is little more than a trial balloon to see how people react to it and to get some street cred with the Broders and the Brookses for reaching across the aisle, even if it is in spirit.

While the concept of a bipartisan ticket is tempting, I don't think it will happen. Iraq is virtually the ONLY issue on which he and Obama agree. Hagel is very conservative on just about every other issue.

If I were Obama, I would seriously consider Bloomberg. Pro-choice, pro-gay rights, businessman, Democrat turned Republican turned Independent. Jewish -- which wouldn't hurt in Florida (to this day, I think that much of the reason Gore did so well in Florida was because he had Lieberman on the ticket, which drove up the Jewish vote in southeast Florida). Not sure if he would do it, but if there is a possibility that he would not reject it out of hand I think it would good to at least float the name. Probably wouldn't take it though -- he likes to be top dog.