In an effort to defeat Republican incumbents in congressional elections next year, the Democrats have come up with a simple strategy in their quest for candidates: men in uniform. Granted, John Kerry's line about "reporting for duty" didn't go over too well in the last election. But this go-round, the Dems are recruiting newly minted veterans from Iraq and the war on terrorism. One of them, Marine reservist Paul Hackett, became something of a hero this month when he nearly won a seat in a heavily G.O.P. district in Ohio, in a special election closely watched by both parties as a...
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