Hackett Blames Brown for Whisper Campaign

Democratic political hopeful Paul Hackett has written an editorial which describes his recent departure from the race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. He blames Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) for leading him on and then pulling the rug out from under him. Oh, and then there's that ugly whisper campaign that Sherrod Brown launched.

Nevertheless, he's out of the race and, apparently, none the wiser. If he were, he'd cease to be a Democrat for the simple reason that he was treated like dirt.

Most tantalizing to me, though, is the fact that Hackett's editorial was not written for an Ohio newspaper. Instead, it appears in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Why Hackett would go to Pennsylvania to comment on an Ohio political race is beyond me.