Surplus charisma

Glenn Reynolds pretty much hits a home-run with that observation about this world-stopping report:

There has been a lot of comment on Chuck Hagel's appearance yesterday on Face the Nation. Hagel said he is interested in making a third-party run for President, likely paired with Mayor Mike Bloomberg:

It's a great country to think about - a New York boy and a Nebraska boy to be teamed up leading this nation.

Hagel attributed his interest in a third-party run to the claim that the Republican Parth[sic] has been "hijacked."

Speaking of observations, John Hinderacker rightly points out the incoherence of the Hagel 'hijacked' claim: his characterization of the supposed "hijacking" was incoherent: It's been hijacked by a group of single-minded almost isolationists, insulationists, power-projectors.

"Isolationist power-projectors?" That's a previously unknown species; maybe it means something similar to "neocons."

And the Parade of Absurdity in DC continues...Run Chuck, Run!