Reply #24: Someone older than Jeb Bush. ;o) But I can't see Lugar saying "from the get-go". [View All]

[Bucky]

Martinez is a good bet. Or maybe one of those other Hispanic Republicans... ha-ha.

Not Hagel, though. Only a real right winger would seriously suggest Bobby Jindal. Martinez is smart enough to know when the old approach isn't working--and conservative as he is, he's never been a fire breather like McConnel or Hatch. He guards his words carefully, which Republicans in safer states don't have to do. My guess is he's worried about ever being a chair again, or even about his reelection.