Democratic bloggers abuzz over Hackett exit

[IndianaGreen]

Democratic bloggers abuzz over Hackett exit

Activists angry Marine reservist was allegedly pressured out of Ohio race

By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
Updated: 7:26 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2006

WASHINGTON - The Democratic blogosphere was abuzz Tuesday with the news that one of its heroes, Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, had dropped out of the Ohio Senate race.

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“I just have one thing to say right now: Sherrod Brown better win this,” said Democratic blogger “Adam B” on the Daily Kos web site. “I hope that once Hackett's many supporters get over this disappointment, we can all work together this fall to make it happen. At the end of the day, Chuck Schumer's not the enemy -- Mike DeWine is, as is every other Republican who stands between us and control of the Senate.”

But blogger Bob Brigham, who played a role in Hackett’s House race, had a scathing and obscene reaction. “Schumer has now ***** up beyond all recognition the primaries in both Pennsylvania and Ohio,” Brigham said in an e-mail distributed Tuesday morning. He called Schumer “a complete ******* fool.”

Brigham is chagrined that Schumer has recruited anti-abortion candidate Bob Casey, Jr., to run in Pennsylvania.

“The shortsighted bossing of primaries both demoralizes Democrats and hurts future candidate recruitment,” he told MSNBC.com this afternoon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11345023/

[bpilgrim]

1. as it should be

i'm sure the establishment realizes this is only the tip of the 'iceberg'

peace