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 […]
Kudos to fellow blogger Glenn Greenwald for breaking this story: WASHINGTON – A July 2002 Justice Department statement to a Senate committee appears to contradict several key arguments that the Bush administration is making to defend its eavesdropping on U.S. citizens without court warrants. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law governing such operations, was […]
We now have at least one republican in Senate joining the fight with Democrats to investigate the pre-war intelligence. That Senator is none other than John McCain: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has emerged as a leading opponent of the Bush administration’s policy on interrogating detainees in the war on terrorism, wants Senate investigators to […]
Today the Washington Post published an article that should send a greater message of hope to the Democrats. “For GOP, Election Anxiety Mounts” talks about numerous Republican Senate candidates opting not to run next year. This of course is making the Republicans a little nervous. Prominent Republicans have passed up races in North Dakota and […]
Paul Hackett announced today that he will challenge Republican Mike Dewine next year. From today’s Cincinnati Enquirer: Hackett aims for Senate Democrat will challenge DeWine in 2006 election By David Hammer The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Paul Hackett, the Iraq War veteran who was hailed by national Democrats for his narrow loss this summer in […]