![]() Here’s my Daily Beast colleague Peter Beinart: Not satisfied with this likely win on the main issue, though, some of Hagel’s supporters are complaining that he walked back too far with his apologies and regrets. American politics has a strong presumption that a president is entitled to be served by the people he wants. ![]() It would be unprecedented for the minority party to filibuster a cabinet appointee. The Democrats have the votes to confirm Hagel, including those of the Democrats most associated with pro-Israel politics, such as New York’s Chuck Schumer. True, Hagel’s performance will not much matter. ![]() Rarely has a cabinet nominee for so high an office delivered such an awkward appearance before a Senate confirmation panel. Hagel had elsewhere referred to “dumb things” into which the United States had been pushed by the “Jewish lobby.” Could he be specific? No, again, he could not. Hagel was pressed by Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina to cite some real-world examples of “intimidation” by the “Jewish lobby.” Hagel admitted he couldn’t think of any. Unfortunately for Hagel, the exchange got worse from there. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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