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Dean blames party "skullduggery" for withdrawal of popular Ohio candidate

Democratic party chair Howard Dean says he's not happy that Iraqi war veteran Paul Hackett is dropping out of the race for U-S Senate in Ohio.

Dean told a student audience in Miami that "some skulduggery in Washington" improperly led to Hackett's decision to end his bid. And he said Democrats will have a tough time winning if similar things happen to others.

Hackett was vying with Ohio congressman Sherrod Brown for the Democratic nomination. He said that Hackett was a "great candidate," and that a primary in Ohio wouldn't have hurt the party. Hackett says he's ending his eleven-month political career.

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Democratic party chair Howard Dean says he's not happy that Iraqi war veteran Paul Hackett is dropping out of the race for U-S Senate in Ohio.

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Here is some Pied Piper Pitt commentary on another DUmmie thread about those Howard Dean statements:

As for Hackett getting stabbed in the back? He had 1/10th of the money Brown had. There was no way he would have survived a primary with Brown, and if he had, he'd have been flat broke. DeWine wins in a walk.

As for that goodbye letter he wrote, it turned my stomach a little bit. Politics is rough, Mr. Hackett. Bring a helmet. This take-my-ball-and-go-home crap makes me more than a little relieved he is out of the race. If I get flamed for that, so be it.

Of course, Pitt is LYING again about Hackett having only a tenth of the funds that Brown did when in fact Hackett had MORE money than Brown.