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Analysis: Hackett Ohio fiasco rocks Dems
UPI ^ | 2/15/06 | Msrtin Sieff

Posted on 02/15/2006 8:54:01 PM PST by LdSentinal

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1 posted on 02/15/2006 8:54:03 PM PST by LdSentinal
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Just the other day I was going at it with some lefties on another forum about Hackett. They all thought he was going to be the leading savior of the Democrat Party.

Now he is politically DOA and they act like he never existed.

2 posted on 02/15/2006 8:56:03 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Pat Buchanan lost a family member in the holocaust. The man fell out of a guard tower.)
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Oh yeah, Rush was talking about this episode on his show Tuesday. It was just too good.


3 posted on 02/15/2006 9:07:41 PM PST by dc-zoo
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"The Hackett fiasco may well doom the Democrats to losing the Senate race in Ohio this November."

Hear, hear! LMAO...the libnuts are too stupid to realize this gonzo mistake is going to hurt them later this year. They are too focused on slamming a lame-duck VP today. Let's hope they don't realize what this cost them.


4 posted on 02/15/2006 9:08:58 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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It is going to be interesting. I remember all the warnings from the left about the right fracturing and it is suiting that now it looks as if the left is headed for a major breakup. A few more elections down the toilet and what is left of the old guard Democratic machine is going to go for an colonic and have the moveon.org and dailykos flushed out of its system. This year is shaping up to be a bad one for Democrats.


5 posted on 02/15/2006 9:09:26 PM PST by Ma3lst0rm (Intellectual honesty is the scrub brush of the soul.)
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"Just the other day I was going at it with some lefties on another forum about Hackett. They all thought he was going to be the leading savior of the Democrat Party.
Now he is politically DOA and they act like he never existed."

Almost exactly my take on this weeks events, except I was thinking media instead of forums.


6 posted on 02/15/2006 9:10:49 PM PST by ansel12
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But Hackett was too successful in breaking the traditional mold of Democratic campaign politics.

From UPI no less. Hmmmm...
7 posted on 02/15/2006 9:12:09 PM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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There is a 300+ comment thread at DU that shows how pissed off the liberal rat base is.

Popular Ohio Democrat(Paul Hackett) pulls out of race....-NYT

The rats have lost almost all their power. All they can do is obstruct, and they can't even do that well. They lost the fight against Alito. They lost their fight against the Patriot Act. They have abandoned their attack against wiretapping terrorists. Now they have abandoned antiwar hero Hackett. Even MoveOn.org has given up targeting Bush to cannibalizing the rat party itself.

MoveOn Ready to Attack 'Right-Wing' Dems

The rat politician and rat party phone lines are melting with complaints demanding that they stop colluding with the opposition. The rats are in a lose/lose situation. If they don't placate their base they will lose and if they do what is necessary to placate their base they will lose. Saddam's execution, and an investigation into which rat Senator leaked the wiretapping story is coming. Their dreams of regaining power in Nov are being dashed by a strong economy. It is a great day to be a Republican.

8 posted on 02/15/2006 9:14:30 PM PST by Once-Ler (The rat 06 election platform will be a promise to impeach the President if they win.)
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My computer feels dirty after visiting DU.


9 posted on 02/15/2006 9:18:44 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Pat Buchanan lost a family member in the holocaust. The man fell out of a guard tower.)
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what's the big hoopla over Hackett? his sole claim to fame is that he lost an off year election to a rather unremarkable and underwhelming opponent.


10 posted on 02/15/2006 9:18:46 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
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what's the big hoopla over Hackett? his sole claim to fame is that he lost an off year election to a rather unremarkable and underwhelming opponent.

Winning is never important to a true believer. It's the message that is so much more important than the scumbag delivering it.

11 posted on 02/15/2006 9:24:05 PM PST by Once-Ler (The rat 06 election platform will be a promise to impeach the President if they win.)
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IMO, the reason why Hackett got so close was that he was NOT a politician unlike Schimidt and the RINO Bob Taft. Ohioans seem to sick of the political system and Hackett was not from the same mold.


12 posted on 02/15/2006 9:30:47 PM PST by LdSentinal
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Paul Hackett's angry decision to withdraw from the Senate race in Ohio is a devastating blow for the Democratic Party and may even have profound long-term repercussions on American politics.

Hereby nominate for Overstatement of the Year.

13 posted on 02/15/2006 9:44:02 PM PST by JohnnyZ (Happy New Year! Breed like dogs!)
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The Left eats their own. When the MSM veers away from the party line and openly savages Democratic leaders, you know its a good day.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

14 posted on 02/15/2006 9:48:56 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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They have abandoned their attack against wiretapping terrorists.

And mainly because Dick Cheney's been burning the midnight oil rallying the Republicans on the Hill around the wiretapping program, with huge success. That's probably three quarters of the reason for all the venom being directed at him over his hunting accident.

The media just keeps writing the Cheney Obituary of the Week, they gloat about how he's so weak and so despised by everyone, yet he just quietly keeps racking up the victories. It's to the point where it's news when the media actually gets something right.

15 posted on 02/15/2006 9:56:43 PM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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Schumer, Dean, and Biden= dumber then dirt


16 posted on 02/15/2006 9:58:31 PM PST by bybybill (If the Rats win, we are doomed)
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He came from nowhere to run Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt a very close second entirely unexpectedly in the race for her House seat.

Very close? It was 52% to 48%, and Hackett was trumpeting his war veteran status more than any Democratic platform.

17 posted on 02/15/2006 10:20:53 PM PST by Mygirlsmom (You can either despair that the rose bush has thorns-or rejoice that the thorn bush has roses.)
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"a new Third Party populist movement that could reach the scale of the H. Ross Perot movement in the 1990s but be far more passionate."


If there even the least signs that this is developing, the Democrat Media (AP, CBS, NYSlimes etc) will move to destroy Hackett just like they did against Nader, except far more passionately.
18 posted on 02/15/2006 11:03:03 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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Sheehan is an angry patriot.


Where is the barf alert.


19 posted on 02/15/2006 11:12:05 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..".Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity"GW Bush)
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The Dems are becoming unhinged. CA Boxer voted No on CA Feinstein's asbestos legistation today and apparently Feinstein became unhinged....


20 posted on 02/15/2006 11:15:38 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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