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October 04, 2005
OH: Hackett In!
It looks the rumors of Sherrod Brown reconsidering a Senate run have pushed Hackett into the race. From Ohio News Now:
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 quickly moved up in rank to challenge Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate in 2006."Paul Hackett is running for U.S. Senate," said spokesman David Woodruff, who served as Hackett's campaign manager in his special election campaign for the 2nd District House seat against Rep. Jean Schmidt.
"He is planning to announce his decision officially on Oct. 24," Woodruff said Monday, adding an event would be held that day in Cincinnati, from which Hackett would begin a statewide bus tour.
Hackett was flying back Monday evening from Washington after meeting with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada, Woodruff said. Reid's spokeswoman, Tessa Hefen, would not confirm the meeting too place, but Woodruff later said Reid gave Hackett the confidence to run.
Update by Nathaniel:
Democrats are going to have to really screw up to prevent 2006 from becoming a replay of 1974, when Democrats gained 49 seats in the House and 4 in the Senate due to an anti-Watergate, anti-Nixon, anti-Republican backlash.
Indications are Hackett stands an excellent chance at knocking off DeWine. The DSCC is behind him, as is the blogosphere; a rare alliance of Washington insiders and activists. Rep. Strickland looks good for the governor's mansion as well. And most of Reform Ohio Now's propositions on the Ohio ballot this November look likely to pass. Bottom line: if Ohio is even close to a microchosm of America at large, Republicans are in for quite a headache.
Posted by Max at October 4, 2005 12:07 AM
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If Hackett is announcing until Oct 24, then that gives Hackett, Brown, the DSCC and whoever else plenty of time to get on the same page.
Earlier Hackett was willing to cede the race to Brown and if Brown really wants to run for Senate, I think Hackett would find something else to run for.
Posted by: Poliscizac at October 4, 2005 02:53 AM
I'm sick of Brown, if there was ever a more fitting example of waffler, I don't know who it would be. I'm in, no I'm out. No in, out, in, out, maybe, no, well..., no, yes, uhmmm..
Sick of it. Hackett is the anti-Brown.
Posted by: Chuck at October 4, 2005 09:36 AM