Free Republic

Democratic Senate candidate and Marine Corps Major Paul Hackett is accustomed to waging quixotic battles and taking his hits. He just didn’t expect the lowest—and fatal—blows to come from his own party. In an announcement that stunned many in Washington and even some in his campaign staff, Hackett declared on February 13, 2006, that he was dropping his bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio, ending his 11 month political career. “I made this decision reluctantly, only after repeated requests by party leaders, as well as behind-the-scenes machinations, that were intended to hurt my campaign,” he said, only hinting at what...

Up and coming Democratic Party star Paul Hackett withdrew from the Ohio Senate race last week, saying "my own party is afraid to support candidates like me." The Iraq war veteran meant that party officials feared backing a principled liberal like himself. But Dems may have had another reason for pulling the plug on Hackett: his tendency to level outrageous charges without a shred of evidence to back them up. WMAL Washington, D.C. radio host Steve Malzberg aired quotes from Hackett on Wednesday, where he repeatedly accused President Bush of using drugs. Last November, Hackett began by telling Gentleman's Quarterly...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Paul Hackett's angry decision to withdraw from the Senate race in Ohio is a devastating blow for the Democratic Party and may even have profound long-term repercussions on American politics. It opens the door to the very real possibility that opposition to the war, and to any possible conflict with Iran, will focus on a new Third Party populist movement that could reach the scale of the H. Ross Perot movement in the 1990s but be far more passionate. And that could cripple the Democrats' hopes, and even expectations of regaining the White House in...

One of the biggest DUmmie political heroes has been Paul Hackett who in his Ohio Congressional race last year went to leftist extremes nationally in his bid nationally. Of course, locally, Hackett pretended that he was practically had the endorsement of George W. Bush. Nevertheless, he earned the proper leftist credentials to earn the support of the DUmmies in his bid for the Senate from Ohio. So what happened? He was FORCED out of the race by the Democrat leaders thus causing gthe DUmmies to go BERSERK as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Democratic Party? F*ck you bastards....

NEW YORK - Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett has abandoned his campaign to win a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio less than a year after a strong political debut in which he gained popularity for his staunch criticism of President Bush, according to a published report Tuesday.Hackett, of Cincinnati, also told The New York Times that he may leave politics altogether, driven from the ballot by the same Democratic leaders who urged him to run after his narrow defeat in a House race last year.

Democrats Dump Iraq War Veteran Candidate for Senate By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor February 14, 2006 (CNSNews.com) - Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran hailed as a rising Democratic star by party leaders last summer, has dropped out of the race for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, and he's not happy about it. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Sens. Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid forced Hackett to step aside so Rep. Sherrod Brown could run against incumbent Republican Sen. Mike DeWine. Schumer and Reid are the same Democrats who persuaded Hackett to run last August, Hackett said....

Sens. Schumer, Reid Dump Iraq War Vet Candidate Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran and vociferous critic of President George W. Bush, announced Monday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration for the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate from Ohio. Hackett told the New York Times that Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Harry Reid, D-Nev., pushed him aside for Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. Hackett was facing Brown in the Democratic primary for the right to take on Republican incumbent Senator Mike DeWine. "I made this decision reluctantly,” he said in a statement, "only after repeated requests from...

Hackett Drops Senate Bid, Takes Democrats To Task Veteran Calls Party Moves 'Betrayal' POSTED: 6:35 am EST February 14, 2006 UPDATED: 7:01 am EST February 14, 2006 Email This Story | Print This Story CINCINNATI -- Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, who gained popularity for his staunch criticism of President George W. Bush, has dropped out of the Democratic race for U.S. Senate in Ohio, according to a published report. Hackett told The New York Times for Tuesday's editions that the same party leaders who urged him to run for Senate after his sensational political debut in a House race...

Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran and popular Democratic candidate in Ohio's closely watched Senate contest, said yesterday that he was dropping out of the race and leaving politics altogether as a result of pressure from party leaders. Mr. Hackett said Senators Charles E. Schumer of New York and Harry Reid of Nevada, the same party leaders who he said persuaded him last August to enter the Senate race, had pushed him to step aside so that Representative Sherrod Brown, a longtime member of Congress, could take on Senator Mike DeWine, the Republican incumbent. Mr. Hackett staged a surprisingly strong...

Eric Fingerhut is canceling his quixotic bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against the anointed candidate, Ted Strickland. Also, Paul Hackett (D-Barking Moonbatville) cancelled his appearance on Hardboiled with Chris Matthews, fueling speculation that he will drop his primary challenge to Sherrod "Stalin" Brown and instead take another crack at the congressional seat now held by Jean Schmidt. This sets up a Brown v. DeWine race in the fall. DeWine is probably grateful because if Hackett had been his opponent, Hackett may have gotten NRA support. Look for the NRA to stay neutral on this one. Source for the (drop...

National Democrats are turning up the pressure on Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, openly asking him to leave his campaign for U.S. Senate and take a second shot at a Cincinnati-area House seat that he nearly won last summer. Democrats have privately suggested for some time that Hackett, who has a national Internet following but faces the more experienced Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in a Senate primary, would be better off running again for the House seat held by GOP Rep. Jean Schmidt. Democrats acknowledge their chances of winning a district that voted 64 percent for President Bush in 2004...

U.S. Senate candidate visits Tiffin restaurant By Kendall S. Cable A dark blue tour bus donned with stars and stripes and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett's name on the side rolled down Sandusky Street and parked in front of Mary and John's Hamburg Shop 11:15 a.m. Friday. Entering the restaurant with his senior campaign adviser, Michael Brautigam, and Ohio Democratic Party Northwest Ohio Field Coordinator Steve Chaffin, Hackett made his way to a table of patrons closest to the entryway. Hackett introduced himself and his personal history, explaining he was born in Cleveland, resides in Cincinnati, graduated from the...

***Full length version of the 2 hour debate video links are below *** For years, the issue of immigration was little more than a murmur. But now, many people are clamoring for change. Americans are increasingly saying we've come to a fork in the road -- a time to rethink how we define ourselves as a nation. To advance the immigration debate, 9NEWS gathered together activists and politicians representing a wide range of views on this subject. We have streamed the entire two-hour town meeting held Saturday, Jan. 7 at the University of Denver's Gates Concert Hall. Our panelists: Rep....

Candidate’s remark rattles Democrats Senate contender Hackett stands by call in Toledo to deport illegal immigrants Paul Hackett By JIM TANKERSLEY BLADE POLITICS WRITER U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett told a Toledo crowd this week that he’d deport all illegal immigrants if the national budget permitted, stirring another controversy over his candor — this time among Democrats. Several local Democrats said they disagreed sharply with Mr. Hackett’s statements, made Wednesday night to a group at the University of Toledo. Nearly all of them also praised the attorney and Iraq war veteran for what they called an honest — and often...

(snip) "The Republican Party has been hijacked by the religious fanatics that, in my opinion, aren’t a whole lot different than Osama bin Laden and a lot of the other religious nuts around the world," he said. "The challenge is for the rest of us moderate Americans and citizens of the world to put down the fork and spoon, turn off the TV, and participate in the process and try to push back on these radical nuts – and they are nuts." So much for gobbledygook. Joe Hallett is senior editor at The Dispatch.

Remember Paul Hackett? He's the failed candidate for Congress who, according to lefties, somehow won because he lost against a not very good Republican candidate. Well, Paul is running for the United States Senate now. Hackett has been in Washington lately. I've now been told by several people that Hackett had a meltdown in Washington today that will pretty much assure the implosion of his campaign. Hackett had a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and proceeded to berate Reid for Reid's kind words about Harriet Miers. According to some who were there, Hackett flew off the handle and...

WASHINGTON - Paul Hackett, the Iraq War veteran from Cincinnati who was hailed by national Democrats for his narrow loss this summer in a heavily Republican House district, has decided to challenge Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate in 2006. Spokesman David Woodruff, who served as Hackett's campaign manager in his special election campaign for the 2nd District House seat against Jean Schmidt, confirmed Hackett's run Monday evening. Hackett had spent the last month hinting at a run against Ohio's senior senator, who is in his second six-year term. Hackett was flying back Monday evening from Washington after meeting with Senate...

Paul Hackett, the charismatic Iraq War veteran who became an overnight sensation in Democratic circles this summer when he nearly won a special election for Congress in one of Ohio's most Republican districts, has all but decided to take on DeWine, sources in Washington and Ohio say.

The other day an official with a British teachers' union proposed that the concept of "failing" exams should be abolished. Instead of being given a "failing" grade, she said, the pupil would instead be given a "deferred success." Oh, sure, you can scoff. But evidently the system's already being test-piloted in Howard Dean's Democratic Party. That's why the Dems' Congressional Campaign Committee hailed their electoral failure in last week's Ohio special election as a triumphant "deferred success." As their press release put it: "In nearly the biggest political upset in recent history, Democrat Paul Hackett came within just a few...

One of the major suprises of this past election was the strength of Paul Hackett in the eastern rural counties of Scioto, Adams, Pike and Brown. Conveniently, Brown has a website with numbers and past election results. Some interesting factoids about Brown County Ohio: Registered Democrats 4,612 Registered Republicans 3,763 Bet you didn’t know that. November 2004 Bush: 12,647 votes, about 65% Kerry: 7,140 votes, or about 35% June 14th 2nd district primary: Republicans received 2,287 votes, of which Jean only received 392 specifically Democrats received 1,217 of which Hackett received 762. August 2nd general election turnout doubled to about...