to run. clinton could have some competition. vice president biden hasn t hinted away from the run. he hasn t talked about it in terms of against hillary. his most recent comments came in a gq interview when he said this, quote, i can die a happy man, never having been president of the united states of america, but it doesn t mean i won t run. will biden s run help the party or end up being a distraction? joining me now, washington post, president of american bridge and former spokesman to senate majority leader harry reid. and from tax reform, matty dupler. the dup ler radar is here. we ll have a detroit conversation, a longer one. i want to quickly you ve wrote about cracking the glass ceiling. you have a great book about this. nancy pelosi was not interested in cracking that glass ceiling in 08. she was a barack obama person through and through. for her, it was about pure
right who said he was indifferent on the nuclear program. during his testimony in front of the senate earlier this year, hagel did not inspire confidence. he struggled to explain previous and laudable positions under interrogation from hostile senators and outright disowned a couple of them. so, the big, crucial, defining question for the second term of barack obama and the multibillion fate of the largest defense apparatus is, is chuck hagel as secretary of defense the radical reformer those on the right feared and those on the left hoped for or has he been coopted he promised today to take on? joining me is matija kramer, a tax policy research group, spencer ackerman, senior reporter for the blog the danger room, and matty dupler. i feel like being the head of the pentagon is like being the pope. it s like when there s a new when there s a vacancy, well, this next one s really going to