Hagel May Run - GOP Must Change

Chuck Hagel, appearing on Face the Nation yesterday has said that the Republican Party must change. Hagel said that the Party needs to get back to what it once stood for, and it is not the same party today as the one he first voted for on top of a tank in the Mekong Delta 1968.

Hagel has said that he is not a candidate at the moment, he "may be", but he will be making a decision very soon. And although he is primarily seen at the moment as an opponent of the Iraq war, his candidacy would not be primarily about this issue.

Although he considers Iraq as the centrepiece, there are other issues he would run on like fiscal responsibility, less government and personal responsibility.

He continues to speak out against the escalation plan, saying that "it is wrong to put American troops in the middle of a sectarian civil war".

Hagel said that there were kids dying every day and they deserve to have a policy worthy of their sacrifice.