Paul Hackett was on the Colbert Report last night to talk about such things as Iraq and why he dropped out of the Senate race this year. Check it out. I got to say Paul brings up a great point and is a point that is echoed in Crashing the Gate – that the party […]
What is amazing is how the numbers in this story keeps growing and the government is playing stupid on it: Personal data on more than 2.2 million active-duty military personnel – not just 50,000 as initially believed – were among those stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the government said Tuesday. VA Secretary […]
Well today is the end of days. It is 6-6-6. The bible thumpers should be going crazy. It is also D-Day, even though Bush 41 thinks that is in December. Today happens to also be Primary day in numerous states and a special election in California to replace Rep. Duke Cunningham. The states with primaries […]
Well Jean Schmidt in fact did lie: The Ohio Elections Commission on Thursday found that Republican U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt violated campaign law by claiming on her Web site last year that she had two college degrees when she had only one. The commission, which ruled unanimously against Schmidt, issued a public reprimand for the […]
(sorry about the bad picture – it was taken off a cell phone camera in the evening) Last night we had our monthly Butler County Democrats Club meeting. We were joined by former congressional and senatorial candidate Paul Hackett. Besides being a highly motivational speaker, Paul brought up some very good points for us to […]
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 […]
The Republican’s plan to divide the Democrats over the issue of pulling troops out of Iraq backfired last night. With a final vote of 403-3 defeating Duncan Hunter’s resolution of immediate withdrawal. The debate over the issue was some of the most heated I have seen in years. The Republican’s tried to maintain that the […]
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 […]
Republican Jean Schmidt won Ohio’s second congressional district. The final count was 59132 (52%) vs 55151 (48%). Even though Paul Hackett lost, there is still cause for celebration. This race got this close in a district that republicans usually win by 40%. Also, it is not a loss of a seat as it was still […]