Jim Webb for president?  As a Democrat?  This certainly adds some fuel to the fire in the upcoming 2016 campaign.  The only thing about it,  he was a Democrat Centrist as a  one-term Senator from Virginia; but, then  he was the Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan.  That is good, he has been on both sides of the fence and has some in site to both parties.  But, who cares, maybe he will save the Democratic Party since they have been hijacked  by the Communist and Muslims.   At least he is educated and has common sense which this party lacks.   At this juncture, who cares, all are welcome!  The American people will cull out the weeds.

By Charles Hoskinson | May 20, 2014 | 12:00 am

Former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.,  indicated Monday he’s considering running for president in 2016

There’s lots of chatter over the fact that Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Democrat Jim Webb indicated Monday he’s considering running for president in 2016.

“My wife and I are just thinking about what to do next. I care a lot about where the country is and we’ll be sorting that out,” he said during his appearance on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show. “It takes me a while to decide things, and, and I’m not going to say one way or the other.”

Webb, a centrist who served as President Ronald Reagan’s Navy secretary and was later elected to the Senate as a Democrat from Virginia, didn’t say which party’s nomination he might seek in his surprise announcement.

He could be a credible independent candidate, though.   Remember: This is a guy who walked away from the Senate after a single term because he didn’t want to be a lifelong politician.

A Naval Academy graduate and Vietnam combat veteran, Webb’s most recent party switch in 2006 was motivated in a large part by his opposition to the Bush administration’s conduct of the Iraq war. But as a senator, he was also one of the most vocal critics of President Obama’s decision to go to war in Libya without consulting Congress. Polls indicate that the national mood is shifting more in the direction of his views.

Webb also pushed hard in the Senate for federal sentencing reform, especially in drug cases — a cause that many Republican politicians have embraced, most notably Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a potential 2016 candidate.

And his economic populism and disdain for politics-as-usual could resonate with people who feel left out of the system right now, both in the Tea Party and also among the Occupy Wall Street crowd.

For now, Webb is relishing his reputation as being relatively nonpartisan in a highly partisan time. “We have to set aside false political positions that have been taking place in our country and come together and solve problems.” he told guest host Susan Page.

What a breath of fresh air is this?

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