Obama and His Cabinet

Story by the Times of London says Obama is beginning to court well-respected Republicans to fill his cabinet.

Interestingly, however, there a small notice within the story that Obama has considered asking retired Sen., and very good friend to McCain, Chuck Hagel (Republican) to be his running mate.

I'm all for getting smart people on the other side of the aisle into a potential Obama administration, however, there is a line for which Obama mustn't cross. If he were to ask Hagel, and for some stunning reason he accepted (which, as McCain's close friend, he wouldn't) to take the VP nomination...hear me now...I would vote AGAINST Obama.

This is utter bullshit. Assuming Obama makes it through 2 terms, that'd make Hagel the defacto nominee in 2016, and Hagel would start spitting bullets and undermining his boss (Obama) not 3 days after he was sworn into his second term. The last 4 years is a President's weakest, but this would essentially scuttle Obama's last 4 years.

I'm all for making Hagel the Secretary of Defense, and give Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) the Secretary of State in your cabinet...they are both decent republicans who have a fucking conscious and know the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground. But, under NO circumstances can you select a republican as your VP nominee. NONE. That's a mother-fucking deal-breaker son.