CIA Director Shays?

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_7/hoh/6245-1.html (subscription required)

The long and the short of it: If President Bush offers him the job, he’ll take it.

Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), whose name has appeared on the president’s short list to replace dearly departed George Tenet at the CIA, tells HOH he’s humbled to see his name on the list.

“I’m grateful to be mentioned. It obviously got me thinking about the job,”

Shays said in an interview Wednesday.

But ever more humbly, Shays said if it were his advice to give, he’d tell the president to choose the No. 2 man at the State Department. “The person most qualified to do that would be Richard Armitage,” who served in Vietnam, worked with the intelligence community and has been a “tremendously effective” deputy secretary of State, Shays said.

[ButterflyBlood]

1. not a bad thing

his seat would be a very likely pickup.

[still_one]

2. it won't happen

shay is not neo-con enough

[gumby]

3. Shays reminds me of McCain

When the rubber meets the road, they always tow the neocon line.

And Shays' wimpy-sounding voice would be an asset when testifying before Congress about the latest (intentional) CIA foul-up.