Iraq War Veteran runs for Senate after being defeated in House Race.

Paul Hackett-D of Ohio, whose anti-war rhetoric caught the nation's attention is challenging veteran representative Sherrod Brown for a chance to take on current Sen. Mike Dewine-R. Hackett challenged and lost to the heavily favored Republican Jean Schmidt in 2004. National operatives are keeping a close watch on Ohio in 2006 in order to predict which whether it will finally fall for the Democrats in 2008. President Bush won Ohio in 2004.
Hackett rhetoric reached greater proportions when he made the following statment to the Columbus Dispatch;"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." Hackett's statment immediately prompted the state GOP to ask for an apology. "I said it," Hackett replied. "I meant it. I stand by it." He has taken to repeating it at every stop along the campaign trail.
Well, I guess the Republican party is a lot like OBL except for the constant plans of world domination and mass killings of the infidels. I haven't noticed any members of the Republican party kidnapping and beheading journalists lately. Nor have I seen Ken Mehlman masterminding the bombings of U.S. military installations.
I don't think this Hackett guy will win the primary but I think the DNCs' urging of him to run is indicative of a party that wants to see if the flame-throwing Howard Dean model will work again.