Interesting news here from AP:
Lilibet Hagel has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday with Susan Eisenhower, the daughter of Republican President Eisenhower.
Hagel, R-Neb., has made no endorsement. Lilibet Hagel said in an Associated Press interview that her decision was independent of her husband. She said she didn't know whether he would make an endorsement or whom he would support.
People, of whom I am very much one in this case, have been wondering for a long time whether Mr. Hagel would pull the trigger and back Obama. It would be a huge endorsement -- a Republican Vietnam veteran with great military cred and all that. This probably means he won't, or at least isn't ready yet. But it sends the obvious signal. And doing it in Virginia means that she and her husband are happy to have the Hagel name used in a maximally political context. Interesting.
And love that name!
