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"Shame on the republicans who bashed her after she put Murtha in his place. She said what the so called men of the Republican party didn't have the stones to say."

The grown-ups in the party were putting Murtha in his place by refuting his proposal rather than lobbing Howard Dean-style personal attacks that inevitably backfire. Instead of Murtha looking bad for authoring such a destructive proposal, Schmidt managed to make Murtha look like the victim by attacking a 37 year Marine's courage.

Ridiculous personal attacks backfire, whether they're from the Rabid Left or the Rabid Right. Ask President Kerry how much help he received from Howard Dean, Michael Moore, MoveOn.hitler, and Daily "screw them" Kos.

"The grownups in the party were putting Murtha in his place by refuting his proposal rather than lobbing Howard Dean-style personal attacks that inevitably backfire."

Spare me the lecture. They republican "grownups" have botched the greatest opportunity our party has had by betraying most of Reagan's principles. Every time they bend over and take democrat abuse, give the democrats the green light to keep doing it. Our boys are dying in Iraq for us. The least the republicans can do is fight back for them. The grownups have lost their nerve. If they can't bat, they should step off the plate and let some else do it. Instead they turned on one of their own.

"Schmidt managed to make Murtha look like the victim by attacking a 37 year Marine's courage. "

Schmidt managed to make a mess by attempting to apologize for telling the truth. The line "Cowards Cut and Run, Marines Never Do" is one for the history books and she should have leaned into the fire and challenged anyone to find the the lie or the slander in that simple statement of fact. Despite, the immediate retreat, the sting of those words made it impossible for all but the most rabid of the Democrats to vote for the resolution.

This is what it truly means when they talk about speaking truth to power. It isn't easy, and often you get beat down for having the courage to do this.

Brinkman is toast in this district if he wastes our money contesting this next primary. I have always liked him, but the matter is settled. He needs to take the good will he has and use it to score another victory for our team, not create a fight that we cannot help but lose no matter what the outcome. Bob McEwen has a significant following in Brown County, but ultimately he just doesn't represent the district anymore, just a Washington based opportunist to us...

You need to choose whether you would rather defeat Schmidt or work to defeat Hackett (and clones) this next cycle, you won't be able to do both. And worse, wasting money and workers in a safe district takes it away from the real fight. Are you going to take resources away from supporting Blackwell by burning them in the 2nd fighting conservative against conservative.. its lame.. Its more important to challenge the Dems in seats like Strickland's. Its important to work out the DeWine question and move past the woes of the Taft administration.