According to WVXU-FM News, the DNC is screwing over Paul Hackett by urging him to withdraw from the US Senate race for Mike DeWine’s seat now that Rep. Sherrod Brown has entered the race….

I am a Democrat and I think that this is just plain stupid:

WVXU-FM: Hackett Pressured to drop out of US Senate race
By Maryanne Zeleznik 10/10/2005 1:03:42 PM

An advisor to Democratic candidate Paul Hackett says the Iraq war veteran is being pressured to drop out of Ohio’s US Senate Race. Mike Brautigam says after Congressman Sherrod Brown announced last week he would run for Mike Dewine’s seat, Hackett started getting phone calls pressuring him to get out. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Charles Schumer of New York to drop out of the race. Brautigam says Brown had told Hackett earlier he would not be a candidate and Hackett now feels betrayed by the Democratic party. Brautigam says the Democratic leaders say it’s Brown’s turn to run. He says Hackett is still making up his mind about what to do and expects to make a decision by October 24th, the day he had planned to officially enter the race. Hackett narrowly lost to Jean Schmidt in a special election to fill the seat left vacant when Rob Portman took a position in the Bush Administration.

UPDATE: Here are links to some other posts on this issue…

AMERICAblog
Basie! Post #1
Swing State Project
Ohio 2 Blog
Pam’s House Blend
Shakespeares’ Sister