Because Murtha is Unavailable?

Why on Earth would President Obama choose Chuck Hagel to be our Secretary of Defense?

It seems that opposition to Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is growing at both sides of the spectrum, in a rare show of bipartisan unity.

I oppose him for the simple reason that he voted to lose the Iraq War in the summer of 2007 when we were on the cusp of victory, and nobody with that kind of record on defense should be Secretary of Defense.

Hey, if that chucklehead Kucinich ever gets a federal Department of Peace, then Hagel's name should be brought up as a fitting candidate.

Yet as a former United States Senator, the Senate Protective Association will probably shoot Hagel right through that body if President Obama nominates him.

UPDATE: While the selection of Tweedle Dee is up in the air, the Dum half of our new tag-team surrender duo is heading up to Capitol Hill for the Secretary of State job.

God help us all.

UPDATE: A flock of doves.