Hackett Launches Senate Run

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBYFSOW6FE.html

Democrat War Veteran Who Ran for Congress This Summer Launching First Statewide Race

CINCINNATI (AP) - Paul Hackett, the Democratic veteran of the Iraq war who narrowly lost in a special election in a heavily Republican congressional district in August, prepared Monday to officially jump into the U.S. Senate race.

Hackett planned a noon news conference at his home in suburban Indian Hill. He faces a tough Democratic primary with Rep. Sherrod Brown in the race for the nomination to challenge second-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine next year.

With only a stint as a small-city councilman for political experience, Hackett decided to run for Congress earlier this year after completing a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq. The special election in southern Ohio's seven-county 2nd District was to replace Rep. Rob Portman, who left Congress to become the U.S. trade representative.

Hackett won the Democratic nomination, then battled a former state legislator, Republican Jean Schmidt, in a campaign in which he tied her to embattled Republican Gov. Bob Taft while sharply criticizing President Bush's handling of the war.

or misfired shots.

We can be proud whichever one comes out on top.

Hackett is EXACTLY the kind of non-DLC Dem that we need these days. Plus, HE HAS A CURRENT MILITARY BACKGROUND! Hello? Dem Ops out there...care to tell us why a Dem with a strong defense background would be a bad thing?

Fuck the DLC-annointed Sherrod Brown.

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deplete their campaign funds battling each other in the primary, leaving whomever wins the primary at a deficit against the incumbent repub Dewine who isn't being challenged.