I have the perfect role for Hackett.

Unfortunately we are not going to have him in the Senate. He made that choice himself. True patriots do not bend under pressure. They believe in their cause and fight to the death for it. I'm more than disappointed that he did not do that.

But his views must be not go silently into the night. He is the spark plug that could destroy Republicans from even a better place than a supportive campaigner.

MSNBC if you have any intelligence at all, you will be calling Paul Hackett tomorrow and offering him his own political talk show. The ratings will go through the roof. He is already highly recognizable and to say the least a polarizing figure.

He could invite strictly Republicans on the show and take them on one-on-one. If they are so confident of being able to face a serious debater with facts, let them come on and let Paul roll em like a tractor in a tulip patch.

Democrats will tune in in droves. Republicans will tune in out of anger. It could be the ratings hit of the season. No one could be more passionate in a forum where he is not inhibited in stating his opinions than Paul Hackett. A no holds barred, in your face show. A modern day political Morton Downey.

Any Republican accepting invitation should understand they are not going to be allowed to use Sunday morning talking points without being challenged.

I think Paul would love it. I think the viewers would love it. I think the voters will be the winners. Throw Tucker Bow Tie over to 2 AM or somewhere and put Paul Hackett Live in his time slot.

MSNBC if you don't jump on this, you're fools.

Hell, Donahue couldn't even maintain his show with higher ratings than Softball with Toady Matthews!

Rest assured Mr. Hackett will be denied the microphone as if he was a Jew in Nazi Germany, circa 1935...which in many ways he is (and so are we)

than Hackett. He speaks in a erudite way. Hackett does not do that.

No network should want to reject a ratings winner. This would be the anti-Fox.

They already have Olberman and he certainly doesn't thrill the right. He gets higher ratings than Blitzer.

If they frame the show as I suggested, I see it as an advertising bonanza for MSNBC.

Is they spew so many lies out there that it is hard to have a serious debate with most of them.

Hackett would flame broil em.

I'm sticking to my guns. Any network out there that wants to have a ratings hit and do a public service at the same time, get on the phone with Paul Hackett.

Do you know of any other Democrat who has said on national TV that Bush did coke?

Hackett does not know the material. He really struggled with energy policy. He does not know politics, either, apparently. He even struggled with his signature issue: when and whether to withdraw from Iraq

he came within 4 percentage points of beating Jean the witch. He would bring the debate down to earth so the common man could understand it. He's going to be out on the campaign trail saying the same things.

But this way, it could be packaged into a show. Does Matthews say things that are controversial? Does Russert? Does that greasy haired bastard at Fox ?

Hackett was a Major in Iraq. If he doesn't know the war, Betty Crocker doesn't know meatloaf.