Reid Recommends Hagel, Danforth, Bennett

When asked to recommend Republicans President-elect Barack Obama should consider for cabinet slots in his new administration, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) listed Sen. Chuck Hagel (Neb.), former Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.), and Sen. Bob Bennett (Utah) on CNN’s “Late Edition” today.

“I have a lot of favorite Republicans,” Reid told host John King, who was filling in for Wolf Blitzer. “Chuck Hagel, of course. I’ve read his book. I know a lot about his life. He was the one that allowed us to break — and we won a vote on Iraq. We won it because of Chuck Hagel. So he certainly is a strong Republican. I like him very, very much.”

“And we’ve got Jack Danforth in Missouri, who is still a young enough man to do something very, very good for our government,” Reid added of the 72 year-old former senator and U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

“There’s other senators I think — Bennett from Utah, what a fine man. He could be a great secretary of the interior or do other good things,” Reid said.