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[MercutioATC]

And, for me, it's about the character of our party "leadership". Brown repeatedly said that he wasn't going to run for Senate. Schumer and Reid approached Hackett and convinced him to run for the seat. Three days after Hackett announced, Brown "changed his mind". Schumer and Reid then pulled their endorsement of Hackett and got behind Brown.

What does this say about their personal integrity (Schumer, Reid and Brown)? What message does it send to our next generation of candidates?

When Tim Ryan, who had supported Hackett early on with Reid's encouragement, refused to dump Hackett and back Brown, Brown's reaction was:

""I'm not going to speculate on Tim's motivation or try to be a psychologist and get inside his head about why he made this decision,'' Brown said. But, he added quickly, "It's good early in a campaign to know who your friends are.''

Brown noted that he has the support of almost every Democratic Party county chairman and almost every major Democratic officeholder in the state. "I'm not greatly concerned about a second-term congressman,'' he said."

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/EDIT/511120301/1003


I was a Hackett supporter, but I also liked Brown and would have had no problem if Brown had won the primary. With this apparent lack of integrity, however, Brown is just another "hold your nose and vote for the Dem" vote for me.