Paul Hackett has announced he will not be running for Senate here in Ohio. He
did so after party leaders asked him not too.

Sadly Hackett also said he is hanging up his political hat and spending more
time with his family. There were hopes that he would run against Jean Schmidt in
OH-2, who he narrowly lost too last August. Honestly, I can’t blame him for his
decision. He was begged by some Democrat leaders to run for Senate then once
Sherrod Brown announced he was running Hackett lost that support.

Sherrod Brown is a good man and will make a great Senator. Currently he looks
to be in a very good position to defeat Mike DeWine and will be a welcomed
change. I stand behind Sherrod Brown 100% and will work to help with his
campaign. I must say the primary campaign Brown and Hackett were running was one
of the most civilized campaigns I have ever witnessed in my almost 20 years of
politics.

As for Paul, I wish you lived a couple counties over and were here in OH-8 so
we could get you to take out Boehner. It would be an almost guaranteed win as
Boehner is losing support left and right here in Butler county and the rest of
his district. Sadly, we do not have anyone to run against him yet. Hopefully
that will change in the near future but the filing deadline is coming up fast.

Thanks for a great ride Paul. It was great watching you take this area by
storm. Your straight talking, tell it like it is attitude will be deeply missed.