Hackett on Hardball....

[liberalnurse]

Now...........

[Kierkegaard]

1. You brought it up...

now feed the cube rats!

[liberalnurse]

3. Do a brief history

of Hackett's entrance into Politics running against Mean Jean.....Now telling us how Brown first declined to run for the Senate then after Hackett announced......he changed his mind!!!!!!!

Hackett up now with Tweedy.......

[Kierkegaard]

12. Doesn't sound promising.

Glad I can't watch.

Thanks for the play by play...

[lisa58]

2. I can't watch this *hole...

... what are they saying?

[liberalnurse]

5. Now they are reviewing the stats

on finance.....January money...............sharing how Hackett's word is his bond and would not enter the Congressional race District 2.............Now, Hackett is live....

[NightOwwl]

4. This should be very interesting...n/t

[liberalnurse]

7. Hackett giving a politically correct

answer as a loyal Dem regarding needing 15 milion to run a successful campaign.

Now hitting with answering the call in October to run....and NOW answering the call NOT to run by the same ...Schumer and Reid. They called his wife....said " his country needs you".

[Gabi Hayes]

6. he's totally different than he was last year

chastened?

tweet has him on the defensive....too painful to watch anymore

[malaise]

8. Tweety just wants to bash

Dems.

[liberalnurse]

9. Hackett does not blame Dean.....

Said Dean really couldn't control them....(paraphrased). Hackett said the ugly reality is the money, 3 million bucks.......

After the break....a civics lesson.

[H2O Man]

10. I think Matthews

is doing a good job. I think Hackett is attempting to not step on toes, even though Chris is asking tough questions. Matthews thinks the war in Iraq is worth being the central issue in the 2006 campaign, and he knows Hackett had the ability to make it so.

[WillyT]

11. I Agree...

Seems fair.

:shrug:

[liberalnurse]

13. I smell a deal in the works for the

Voinovich seat.....Maybe this will give Hackett time to gather cash??????? Just a guess....:shrug:

[liberalnurse]

15. Democratic Swift Boating!

Directly......from Sherrod Brown Camp.................He won't directly run again at this time thought....could change in a year or so but says no today. Working with the Iraqi Veterans group.

[H2O Man]

18. I thought that

was an interesting look through the window at how tough it is to go up against the machine.

[liberalnurse]

21. It sure is an inside look at the dark side

of any political powerhouse! :wow: :scared:

What an eye opener....Hackett being such a dynamic candidate and can get stopped with a nod!

[H2O Man]

47. I hope that Hackett continues

to consider running for national office. He is the type of candidate that I would invest in.

[mzmolly]

39. Last week he said he didn't know who and thought it was a Republican MO?

This week he said several sources named the Brown Campaign? UGH! Perhaps he gathered info after the fact? Regardless, whoever is responsible should be sued for slander. I am so tired of politicians "lying" about one another in order to jump ahead in a political campaign.

Brown has no choice NOW but to make a formal statement.

[malaise]

14. Love the Bush is a crackhead comment

Tweety ran like a scared hare.

[H2O Man]

16. Didn't see that. n/t

[Beelzebud]

17. Now he's leaving it open that Brown has smeared him...

Meanwhile, this crap on Hardball is the FIRST time I've ever heard of anything like pictures of him playing with dead bodies....

I don't think Hackett is one of us.

[WillyT]

20. Define 'Us' ???

:wtf:

[Beelzebud]

22. An actual progressive!

First he drops out of the race, and now he's trying to say another democrat was swift boating him?

Fuck that!

Brown is a progressive that has a track record.

How do we know Hackett is actually a progressive? He thinks we shouldn't be in Iraq. That does not make him a liberal or a progressive by default!

[WillyT]

34. Look... My Politics Align Way More With Brown Than With Hackett, But...

my political-moral (Oxymoron I realize) compass makes me extremely mad at the powers that be, in the way they went about this whole cluster-fuck!

Brown didn't want any part of this Senate race because he didn't think he could beat DeWine, so they encourage Hackett. The polls start shifting away from DeWine, so the Dem leaders reverse course, and knee-cap Hackett.

That may not be shitty in the world of politics, but it is totally shitty in the world of human beings. Hackett has more honor in his little toe, than apparently Brown, Schumer, etc...

And although it may be the case that Brown didn't PERSONALLY know about the whispering campaign against Hackett, if it came from within his campaign, then he ought to find out who did it, and show his honor by firing their sorry asses publicly. Seems all the Ohio Dem Party Heads know who was passing this bullshit around, I say we expose the fucking bastards in his campaign.

:shrug:

[LaurenG]

41. The same way we know you are(?)

I resent that statement, back that up with facts.

[liberalnurse]

24. Did you just eat a Burrito or what?

I know Hackett personally and he is pure Democrat and a loyalist to the Party. He is now associated with the progressive Iraqi War Veterans here in SW Ohio!

I'd take a bullet for him.:patriot:

[Kolesar]

29. Seriously?

I was hoping Hackett would bury that story by clearing the democrats, Sherrod especially.

[liberalnurse]

45. Maybe Sherrod Brown needs to go

to Confession to wash away his sins...........................:scared:

[LittleClarkie]

40. What are you talking about with these pictures?

The ones in question weren't of Hackett in the first place. And no, he's not a progressive. Brown was the progressive, which is why it was odd when people assumed the DLC was involved in booting Hackett out of the race. He was more of a Dean-esque firebrand.

[NightOwwl]

19. Hackett said "Military was misused in Iraq

by this administration."

Next up: Did Dems push him out of the race...

[LittleClarkie]

43. I'd like to see Al From tell Hackett, or Clark for that matter

that either of them are "weak on defense".

Which reminds me. Did From ever serve? If not, would he not also qualify as a chickenhawk?

[FlaNoKerry]

23. People really don't understand the business order of the party,

they think the DSCC and the DCCC are part of the "party". They are campaign committees set up, for the election. They usually stay out of the primary process, as we as VOTERS PREFER TO CHOOSE OUR CANDIDATES!
They are doing it in Sarasota Fls...the one who came the closest to turning a red district blue, the best in the state, is not getting help. The DCCC is helping the one who lost BIG TIME to her. Check out her bio at her website. She went to school with Bill Clinton....you be the judge. That is the whole point, we want to choose. The "party" has nothing to do with it....Howard Dean cannot do anything. The DSCC and the DCCC are set up as a separate entity, and they usually do not coordinate, as to stay out of the primary process. They are really out there hurting some great candidates, we don't have enough good ones in FLA...you have to ask yourself...why? :shrug:

www.votejan.com

[Donna Zen]

32. The DCCC told me on the phone

...that Rahm was recruiting Clinton people. So that fits with this:

C is helping the one who lost BIG TIME to her. Check out her bio at her website. She went to school with Bill Clinton....you be the judge.

Well, I guess it all about Hillary's upcoming endorsements. IMHO<------I can only connect the dots I have. Even money needs a machine.

[Adelante]

35. Of course they're part of the party

DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, DLCC + State Committees = Democratic Party

Our Organization

The Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee plans the Party's quadrennial presidential nominating convention; promotes the election of Party candidates with both technical and financial support; and works with national, state, and local party organizations, elected officials, candidates, and constituencies to respond to the needs and views of the Democratic electorate and the nation.

The Democratic Governors' Association
The Democratic Governors’ Association was founded in 1983 to support the candidacy of Democratic governors throughout the nation. The DGA provides political and strategic assistance to gubernatorial campaigns. In addition, the DGA plays an integral role in developing positions on key state and federal issues that affect the states through the governors’ policy forum series.
http://www.democraticgovernors.org/

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
The purpose of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is to elect more Democrats to the United States Senate. From grass-roots organizing to candidate recruitment to providing campaign funds for tight races, the DSCC is working hard all year, every year to increase the number of Democratic Senators. http://www.dscc.org/

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee serves as the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with recruiting, assisting, funding, and electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. We provide services ranging from designing and helping execute field operations, to polling, creating radio and television commercials, fundraising, communications, and management consulting.
http://www.dccc.org/

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee provides strategic services and financial assistance to Democratic leaders and candidates at the state legislative level. For nearly a decade, DLCC has been an integral part of the continued success Democrats have had winning at the state legislative level.
http://www.dlcc.org/

State Democratic Parties
The State Democratic Parties work to elect local, state, and federal candidates in their states, as well as supporting the state campaign for the Democratic presidential nominee.
Learn more about your state party

http://www.democrats.org/a/party/ourorganization.html <-----website of the Democratic Party

[FlaNoKerry]

37. It would be great if they stuck to it....

each committee has their own agenda...

just like any other dysfunctional org...

[Adelante]

42. You lost your user profile

Welcome to DU :hi:

[NightOwwl]

25. Just showed clip of Mary Matalin on Meet the Press.

My god, she looks like hell. She knows she is spouting bullshit...easy to tell from her facial expressions.

[dogday]

27. It's a shame that big ole flower couldn't squirt water....

She could of shot them all in the face. Sort of a tribute to her boss....

[NightOwwl]

30. Bad dog(day)

:spank:

:evilgrin:

[dogday]

31. Thank you Sir, may I have another?

:dunce::spank:

[liberalnurse]

28. She looks like

a rich "Crack Hag"......................:scared:

[Gabi Hayes]

33. you'll like this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=471132&mesg_id=471132

[liberalnurse]

46. She must use the same plastic surgeon

that Katheryn Harris uses.....Damn they look like clones now......:rofl:

[against all enemies]

26. Another chance for Matthews to attack Democrats. Always looking

for a chance to make Republicans look good and Dems to look bad. Can Matthews be any more transparent? Remember vote Matthews (R) PA.

[emulatorloo]

38. Matthews has the best Plamegate coverage on TV

and it does not make Republicans look good

And many on DU have brothers who are (R)

Some even in PA

[H2O Man]

44. Silly. n/t

[Kolesar]

36. And a Kossack says: Ooops!

Ooops!

He was truckin' along just beautifully and then he stepped in it big time! Now I understand why many have been commenting that he isn't ready for the majors.

Why did he find it necessary to accuse the Brown campaign of speading lies about his military career on national TV? And to go on and on about it? It was not a way to endear himself with anyone but the hardcore Hackett base. Not a way to mend fences and to take the high road.

I'm not saying he isn't right about the substance (I don't know what the truth is), but it wasn't a smart political move.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/20/17394/1192