Chuck Hagel: "a political reorientation"

Hagel was onto something when he spoke of the country "experiencing a political reorientation, a redefining and moving toward a new political center of gravity" and of our problems "overtaking the ideological debates of the last three decades." And he hinted that he might seek the White House as an independent. "This movement is bigger than both parties," he said, tantalizingly.... (San Francisco Chronicle from March 13)

Whether Chuck Hagel runs or not, he just might well be onto something...