Hey, everyone at Booman Tribune. I’m with Sherrod Brown’s campaign for
the U.S. Senate in Ohio.
We’d like to try something new this week in conjunction with
Sherrod’s appearance at TPM Cafe
Table for One.
You can read what Sherrod has to say at TPMCafe.com and leave
comments there. I’ll also cross post this announcement at Daily
Kos and MyDD.
If you have any questions for Congressman Brown about his current work
in the House or the race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, leave a comment
here and I’ll get back to you with answers.
I’ll also post more diaries here later this week with detailed
answers from Sherrod.
Thanks for all that you do to fight for progressive causes on
and offline. We look forward to an interesting and lively conversation.
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On August 17, Brown posted a letter on his Web site http://GrowOhio.org/, announcing he wouldn’t run for Senate, and since 17th District Congressman Tim Ryan had also declined to run, it looked like the Democrats might have trouble finding a candidate. That’s when Paul Hackett stepped in. The 43-year-old attorney gained national attention this summer when he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to his suburban Cincinnati home and ran in a special election to replace the 2nd District’s Congressman, Rob Portman, who’d been appointed United States Trade Representative.
At first Hackett, who’d never held an office higher than city council in a small suburb, escaped the attention of the national media and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. But his campaign was followed avidly by blogs, and Democracy for America, which together raised more than $500,000 and pushed him into the national spotlight. Hackett’s credibility to talk about the mistakes in Iraq, coupled with his tough-talking demeanor (he called Bush a “son of a bitch” and Rush Limbaugh a “fatass drug addict”) made the netroots swoon. It was like Howard Dean in uniform. Hackett ultimately lost the August 2 election in an overwhelmingly Republican district by just four points. A star, of sorts, was born.
MyDD
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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Thanks for pointing this out Oui
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Philip lost me in opening with MyDD, quite sloppy.
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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