Another thought on Hackett withdrawing…

Actually, two thoughts, both of which will be vastly overshadowed by the news of the man leaving the race.
First, not that his staff’s well-being should be topmost in his mind, but his apparently sudden decision to cast it all aside really doesn’t reflect well upon him. For example, Karl Frisch (whom many of you knew [...]

Hack’s Out

Yes, that’s right: Paul Hackett, the man who got the whole veteran/Democratic candidate movement going, has decided to drop out of the Ohio U.S. Senate race. Not only that, but he’s decided to withdraw from politics altogether.
Frankly, I’m genuinely conflicted about this. Hackett was one of those guys that I was really excited about. I [...]

Brown vs. Hackett: The X-Factor

You’ve heard all kinds of bloviating with respect to the Ohio Senate race–how Hackett (who announced his candidacy today at his home near Cincinnati) will do better in the general election because he’ll attract more swing voters; how Brown is a progressive champion, who was progressive before being progressive was cool.
But in all that, two [...]

Message Discipline

I was reading the latest issue of Mother Jones magazine, which had not one but two articles on Paul Hackett.
The first one was what’s called in journalism a “tick-tock” piece. Basically, it’s a blow-by-blow, day-by-day, sometimes hour-by-hour accounting of how something happened, and they’re done so that you can get a feel of what [...]

Brown & Hackett

The Ohio Senate race next year may soon become one of the nastiest fights. I hope it doesn’t. But I’m afraid it will. And if you’re wondering, I’m not talking about the general election fight against Mike DeWine, though that will be plenty nasty as well; I’m talking about the Democratic primary.
If you’re just now [...]

Ted Strickland Scores

For those of you who don’t know, I received my political education largely in Ohio. I grew up outside of Columbus, and I actually learned much of my hands-on politicking at the knees of Tony Celebrezze, who was as fine a gentleman as you’ll find in politics.
I also learned a lot of what I [...]