To continue reading:
or
Log-In
It's Easy to Be Hard and Hard to Be Smart
In a Democratic Congressional primary that could have implications for the mid-term elections this Fall, an amateur's bluster squares off against an old political pro
Subscriber content preview.
or
Log-In
"The republican party has been hijacked by religious
fanatics that, in my opinion, aren't a whole lot different than Osama
bin Laden and a lot of other religious nuts around the world," said
Paul Hackett, a recent Iraq-war combat veteran who is running for the
U.S. Senate from Ohio. As you may have surmised, Hackett is a
Democrat, and his statement, to the Columbus Dispatch, raised an
immediate call by the Ohio G.O.P. for an apology. "I said it,"
Hackett replied. "I meant it. I stand by it."
In fact, he has taken...
