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To: michael97123 who wrote (6444)	12/9/2005 8:15:33 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542946

Weichert's talking about running against him and ct is a liberal state so there is no assurance as to reelection given his war view. Weicker is on again and off again about running. He said he would run; then issued a public statement he would not; but has now apparently stepped back in. Who knows. I don't see him running. And, if he did, he hasn't got a chance of beating Leiberman. Leiberman has Conn locked up. I don't like that. I would much prefer a better Dem senator there. But it's not going to happen. The attorney general, quite popular and a Dem, whose name I cannot recall, looked at it and decided not. Would you take Powellm McCain or luger at DOD? Rumsfeld should be asked to leave in a way it's clear that he's accountable for one of the great tragedies in American foreign policy. And he's not alone in that. Is that going to happen? Of course not. I have much less interest in who replaces him. Iraq is over, just another Vietnam, just the getting out so it doesn't look as if it's yet another Vietnam. US foreign policy has been a catastrophe and that won't change with a new head of DOD. If the Dems took control in 08, who would be my choice for Defense Secretary. I'm definitely not the one to ask. Had you asked me that before the 92 elections, I would have, without hesitation, suggested Les Aspin. He was the US House member who knew that stuff cold. And he was one of the worst choices. And I would not have thought of William Perry nor would have argued for him had I. Yet he was clearly one of the best. Having said all that, there is one thought. We need a bipartisan administration the next time around. I might argue for Chuck Hagel at DOD in that case. I would argue against McCain because he would try to dominate the cabinet.