Paging St. Jude

St. Jude is, of course, the patron saint of lost causes. His intervention may well be needed for the campaign of Senator Chuck Hagel, who has just announced that he will announce whether he will run for Presidnet later this year. Defeatist on the war, sanctimonious in his opposition, hostile to fellow Republicans -- it would be an interesting campaign.

Perhaps former Senator Lincoln Chafee is available to join him as his running mate?