Chuck Hagel: Third-party run?

NEWS ANALYSIS: McCain a Strangely Joyless Presidential Hopeful These Days, By Martin Schram, Scripps Howard News Service, (Huntington News.net) ...Hagel spoke with the sort of un-hedged honesty rarely heard since McCain left the campaign trail. Unfortunately, that sort of candor won't get him far in the Republican race. But that doesn't mean we've heard the last of Hagel in Campaign 2008. An independent third-party presidential bandwagon may be just the right vehicle for Chuck Hagel's uniquely customized 2008 Straight-Talk Express. ...