Brown leads Hackett in OH-Sen. primary by large margin.

[nickshepDEM]

From today's Hotline:

Dem Primary Matchup

W/Lean W/O Lean
Brown 51% 47%
Hackett 22 20
Und/Oth 26 33


Fav/Unfav Fav/Unfav ID
Brown 38%/ 9% 80%
Hackett 13%/6% 52%

Hopefully Hackett can turn this around. With time, money, and media coverage his name id will improve. Hopefully that means a bounce in head to head numbers too.

[SteppingRazor]

1. Brown's a fine candidate...

I would rather he had waited to take on Voinovich in '10, and let Hackett run while his political star is still shining (and against an opponent much less popular than Voinovich), but I'll certainly welcome Brown nevertheless.

[liberalnurse]

2. I think that would be a wise

strategy. If he looses the Primary to Hackett, that could weaken his candidate appeal if he did choose to seek Voinovich's seat. I don't think that poll is an accurate reflection of the Hackett appeal.

[SteppingRazor]

3. I agree with that, plus....

I think Hackett's appeal is fairly short-term. By 2010, he won't have the cachet he does now. Brown, on the other hand, is a career politician in Ohio, a household name. His name can stand up for a few years.

[formernaderite]

13. Agreed...Brown is a wonderful liberal

he'll make a great progressive Senator. I bet Hackett is suffering from running those ads in which left the impression he "liked" Bush....as far as the dems know he does.

[longship]

4. Hacket should run again for Mean Jean's seat.

He could win that very easily.

[Catchawave]

5. I agree....

..I was disappointed he wasn't challenging her seat :(

[MaineDem]

7. I think his chances of beating her are excellent

I'd like to see that match up again.

[meow2u3]

8. I agree

Hackett ought to run again for Congress against Pruneface.

[goodhue]

6. Reported in the fix . . .

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thefix/

[IndianaGreen]

9. Hackett should run again against that Nazi bitch

He is moderate enough for that district, while Brown has a long and distinguished record fighting for the workers.

[blm]

10. I tend to agree with you on this. I like them both, and think both would

win as long as machine fraud gets exposed.

But, damn, Sherrod has been a dependable progressive voice for so long, and it's a shame that anyone wants to kick him to the curb for ANY reason.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Voting machine fraud is an albatross hanging around our necks

Democrats and independents that believe in fair elections should all be alarmed at the unreliability of voting methods being used in our country.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. Sherrod Brown is a good man and a member of the progressive caucus

I agree with the others who say that Hackett should seek the congressional seat again -- there he would have a good chance.

Here is some info on Sherrod Brown's record in Congress based on interest group ratings:

http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H3141103

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 100 percent in 2004.

2004 On the votes that the Center for International Policy considered to be the most important in 2004, Representative Brown voted their preferred position 100 percent of the time.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Peace Action 100 percent in 2004.


2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League 100 percent in 2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union 84 percent in 2003-2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Arab American Institute 50 percent in 2004.


2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the National Council of La Raza 100 percent in 2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Human Rights Campaign 77 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 90 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda 100 percent in 2003-2004.

2003-2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the National Education Association 89 percent in 2003-2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the United Auto Workers 93 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Americans for Democratic Action 95 percent in 2004.

2004 In 2004 National Association of Social Workers endorsed Representative Brown.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Family Research Council 8 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the American Conservative Union 4 percent in 2004.

[goodhue]

14. Yes, he is great!

He supports a Department of Peace.

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/endorsements.htm#O