Reply #11: Sorry, this was ugly and makes the party look dumb.

[bklyncowgirl]

I'm not an Ohioan so I don't get to vote in this race, but it seems to me that the way this was done makes the party leadership look like Inspector Clouseau channeling Machiavelli.

Here's Reid and Schumer encouraging the hot young war veteran to run for Senate but then the hot young war veteran says a few things that ruffle their feathers and they decide to back old tried and true seasoned (if somewhat boring) old warhorse instead.

We also have this bit with a Democratic party operative going around claiming the hot young war veteran is a war criminal while Reid and Schumer are calling Hacketts donors telling them to save thier money.

Why are Democrats capable of using the most vile dirty tricks against other Democrats--and so totally inept when it comes to dealing with Republicans?

In the meantime DNC Chairman Howard Dean, who's probably having flashbacks to Iowa issues a rather odd statement which boils down to both scolding the DSCC for perpetrating an unsanctioned hit--and admitting that there's not much he can do to stop them. DFA head Jim Dean goes a bit further than his brother in a splendid rant on the DFA blog.

Why are the Democrats doing this now while the Republicans are in meltdown mode over Abramoff, the Vice President just shot a guy in the fucking face and even the Republicans admit that the President botched Hurricane Katrina so bad that even they couldn't cover the stink.

You just can't make this stuff up.