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December 12, 2005
Hackett's Rude Awakening: Part Two
Sherrod Brown's campaign releases an internal poll that shows Brown with a huge lead. A lot of the Daily Kos/netroots crowd can't believe it. It just shows what a huge disconnect (as some of the commentators pick up on) there is between the netroots and the actual voters.
A supermajority (something like 60%) of Ohio Democratic voters reside in either the Cleveland media market or the Youngstown (I think it's that market) market which is right next to Cleveland. Brown is a long time, popular Democratic Congressman from Cleveland. If you follow Democratic politics, and even if you don't, and you live in Cleveland, you know who he is. Hackett ran for a Republican Congressional district in a Republican part of the state where close to 0 Democratic primary voters live. Its like the Georgia equivalent of Mike Snow running against Shirley Franklin.
Another thing: Brown is a died in the wool liberal. He would unquestionably be the closest thing to another Paul Wellstone in the Senate (maybe not so much on the passion side) if he were elected. Hackett didn't even differentiate himself as that much of even a moderate Democrat when he ran for office. Now I understand he had a tough district and that everyone was excited about that race.
But, the netroots is easily deceived. They bitch all day about the Democrats needing to offer "real liberals" who present "real contrasts" and then they flock behind candidates like Hackett instead of a Brown. I don't get it. Are we really that dumb? Thank God the Democratic primary voters (the unkossed masses) usually inject some reason into this process.
Posted by Chris at December 12, 2005 09:41 PM
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But, the netroots is easily deceived. They bitch all day about the Democrats needing to offer "real liberals" who present "real contrasts" and then they flock behind candidates like Hackett instead of a Brown.
You're right they had little influence on the past election other than to occasionally shift discussion in the mainstream media. In the case of Hackett, they care more about winning than maintaining any intellectual honesty, which is a funny position for people with little influence to take.
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at December 13, 2005 07:31 AM
That is a fine position for them to take in rural Cincinatti or East Cobb (caring only about winning) etc. But when an actual "Democrat" can win I don't understand it.
Posted by: chris at December 13, 2005 11:30 AM
Maybe they care if the "real" Democrat can actually get anything done once he's in office - and if he is bona fide, there are chances he won't
Posted by: keys at December 16, 2005 01:48 PM
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