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I'm not a believer in the phrase, "Anything's possible". It applies to some degree to some subjects, I suppose. But I very much doubt that it applies to the possibility that Bloomberg - Hagel or no Hagel - could sincerely be anti-war after having dismissed and disrespected those who helped defeat Joe Leiberman in the Democratic primary. Bloomberg jumped in in a big way to back the horrendously putrid and dishonest pro-war Joe Lieberman of the Lieberman for Lieberman Party before and after Leiberman's primary defeat.
Glenn linked to this quote:
Bloomberg, in fact, identifies strongly with the defeated Democrat from Connecticut. "I think what they're doing to Joe Lieberman is a disgrace," the mayor volunteered when I met with him in his offices in July, shortly before anti-war bloggers helped Ned Lamont beat Lieberman in the primary. . . . A few days later, Bloomberg was offering to campaign for Lieberman.
