Major Hackett is ROCKING on Hardball !!!!

[snowbear]

Wow !!!!

And it sure sounds like his wife wants him to run in '06! :toast:

~~He's doing an INCREDIBLE JOB!!~~~

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. God, don't let this guy get away! HE IS THE ONE WE NEED!

A very, very impressive man.

[Guaranteed]

5. Yes. He's got "it."

Seriously. He's our fucking savior. Even more than Obama or Dean.

LOL I'm laughing but I'm serious.

[Mr Rabble]

14. I dont "get" Obama. Too polished for a neophyte, IMHO.

At a time when we need Dean's and Hacketts, Obama seems like a politician.

[Guaranteed]

16. Totally agreed.

He's been a serious disappointment. No leadership, all personality.

[liberalpragmatist]

22. I don't get the disappointment over Obama

His voting record has been excellent with the exception of voting for Condi for state. He has made some excellent speeches outlining the Democratic Party's principles and the need for progressive politics (see his recent commencement address: http://www.knox.edu/x9803.xml), etc.

If you expected him to be out in front of the cameras all day making headlines as a freshman senator - that's not how incoming senators act. They lie low and tend to their constituents for a few years. Obama could have been on any Sunday talk show he wanted. He's turned them down to focus on bread-and-butter concerns.

Now, that said, I'm very excited about Hackett. I do hope he runs for the senate. I think Tim Ryan is excellent too but he might as well wait till '10, given his youth. The problem is Hackett may not have another opportunity, whereas Ryan WILL later on.

[NightOwwl]

25. If I hadn't seen him I might have thought you were exaggerating.

But I did and you're not. The guy is a god. It's as simple as that.

[still_one]

7. I can just here those people supported by the DLC cringing

[Daphne08]

10. I agree! He is awesome for someone who is not

a "professional politician" as he called it.

Well, we don't need MORE professional politicians, Mr. Hackett, since those professionals in Washington are not serving the American citizens' needs!

I hope he runs for Senate. :)

[dalloway]

can you transcribe any comments?

[napi21]

2. Yes he is. I hope he's just playing when he said he didn't know

if he was ever going to run for an office again! He may not be a professional poolitician, but he's sure already learned not to close any doors when asked!

I like his ideas, and I think the Dem politicians aught to pay attention!

[snowbear]

6. He's toying with the idea... and don't worry....

Sounds like his wife will have the last word anyway!

Damn.. Hackett following Katherine Harris was like going from Forrest Gump to Einstein!! :silly:

[meti57b]

3. He did a super job of "framing" the issues! Great choice of language!

[quinnox]

4. awesome guy, he was impressive!

I'm ready to contribute to a senate run for this hero.

[HannibalBarca]

9. Video????, I missed it

[napi21]

12. If you have cable, hardball is repeated later tonight.

I don't know if they post videos of previous shows on the MSNBC site or not. You could also chock there.

[Pirate Smile]

29. They show Tucker's show instead.at 11:00 ET but Hardball repeats later.

Hopefully, Crooks and Liars got it.

Is Dembloggers still doing video? I know they can't do C-span anymore but what happened? I never see them around here anymore.

[Pirate Smile]

8. I bet they are polling in Ohio - state wide - to see how he would do

in the Senate race.

I hope they are :)

[snowbear]

13. He said Howard Dean called em....

But they didn't get to talk for long on election night...

No way they're going to let this guy get away though! :patriot: :hug:

[Guaranteed]

11. O'Beirne is trying to play down Hackett's performance, now.

She says he would have done BETTER if he hadn't "badmouthed the President" so much.

Right, lady.

[snowbear]

28. I thought when Capital Gang went dead, we'd seen the last of Kate O'Beirne

I was wrong.. :puke:

[Sparkly]

15. Great interview, great guy!!

:thumbsup:

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. He made more sense in 15 minutes than most of DC has in a decade

This man is the real deal.

[snowbear]

18. He'll blow DeWine outta the water!

Run Hackett Run! :bounce:

[necso]

19. If he is going to run,

he shouldn't wait too long to make a decision (like other folks did, to their and our cost).

He's got the big mo now. And I suspect that he would be able to raise money now too.

And screw most of that "professional advice".

[Hippo_Tron]

27. It's been a week, give the guy a little time to recover

He hasn't really had any time off in over a year. He was in Iraq for seven months then pretty much the day he came back his friend convinced him to run for congress and he kicked off his campaign. It's better that he take a little time to recover, not to mention decide if this is really what he wants to do.

[necso]

30. Well,

"shouldn't wait too long" could mean deciding tomorrow, some weeks from now, or as might maximize the impact of media-exposure (early, overall amount of, calendar length of, whatever). (In this case, there appears to be free, ongoing, election-related (event-related) media exposure, which may go away after a time. The "flow" of this coverage might be worth taking into consideration as part of the timing decision.)

Decisions about timing are for those in control to make, based on what they see in the field (etc) -- but certain elements of timing center on things outside of one's (and sometimes even anyone's) control -- and exist independent of anyone's wishes.

And I suspect that "go-slow" advice has torpedoed other outsider candidacies (and some within recent, bitter memory).

Personally, moreover, I am inclined to see the matter as being more duty than choice.

Besides, you expect the most out of your best fighters. And giving them a little encouragement and advice (in your own way) isn't entirely out of line.

[Independent_Liberal]

20. Hackett is kicking so much ass!

He's definitely a Dem with a spine!

[xkenx]

21. Hackett's Taking From the Wes Clark Playbook

which tells you something about the outcome in 2008 if Wes is our nominee. Straight talk, expose Bush for the lying chickenhawk he is, military hero, southerner with faith, leadership, diplomatic background, trash Swift Boat Liars, etc. That is the formula.

[karynnj]

34. Seeing that he was in the primary for only a few months,

it's hard to talk of a Wes Clark playbook yet. Possibly in 2008, he will run following a Hackett playbook.

[truthisfreedom]

23. when does hardball replay? i'm in the central time zone.

please let me know!

[Hippo_Tron]

26. Midnight central time on

I just looked on their website, it re-airs at 1am ET, so that would mean midnight central time.

[NightOwwl]

24. I am in awe.

Is he for real? No one this good could be real, could they?

He is amazing.

[OzarkDem]

31. How did Tweety respond? n/t

[Cha]

32. I know this has been posted

elsewhere before but I think it bears repeating when Paul Hackett slams rush limbaugh outta the park.

"Paul Hackett shames Rush Limbaugh
by BobcatJH

Appearing on today's edition of "The Ed Schultz Show," Paul Hackett made several stand-out statements (mp3 file). My favorite came in reference to his being attacked by Rush Limbaugh:
That's typical for that fatass drug addict to come up with something like that. There's a guy ... I didn't hear this, but actually when I was on drill this weekend, I've got to tell you, he lost a lot of Republican supporters with his comments. Because they were coming up to me, telling me, "I can't believe he said that! Besides that, he called you a soldier. He doesn't know the difference between a soldier and a marine!"


http://mydd.com/story/2005/8/8/233333/1849

[kodi]

33. Hackett, described in two words: The Natural

I watched and regret sending his campaign $200 not one bit.

talk about a citizen soldier

[fujiyama]

35. That was the first time I had seen him

I must say I was quite impressed. He has a great future with the party and I hope he runs for either the senate or governor.

[wishlist]

36. He was excellent- straight talking with no mincing words or backing down

This was the first time I had seen him too. He said we should leave Iraq since there is civil war going on in Iraq and our soldiers should not have to be nation building or trying to police their streets.

I'm impressed. He was able to be straightforward and blunt without putting his foot in his mouth or giving the other side any ammunition.

[Tracer]

37. ... and he can truth-tell and straight-talk because ...

... he's got that 1,000 megawatt smile that can mix the message.