Has Reid, Schumer, or Emanuel had anything to say on Hackett flap?

[tgnyc]

I'm wondering if they've noticed, or care about, the netroots fury over the latest turn of events. Is there anything those of us who are angry at the way things played out could possibly say or do that would give them pause to think twice about what they did?

[rodeodance]

1. didn't Reid and Schumer ask Hackett to drop out?

[tgnyc]

4. Right, but have they said anything publicly on the matter since he quit?

[Pirate Smile]

2. There is a response from Reid in this article.

"Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday afternoon that over the past several months he’d had a number of conversations with Hackett.

“But I certainly never said ‘you should get out of the race,’” Reid said. “I’m disappointed that he feels I forced him (out of the race). If he thinks that, I’m sorry because that was never my intention.”

Asked if he had discouraged donors from contributing to Hackett, Reid said, “absolutely not.”

Reid said he was one of the party leader who had originally urged Hackett to run for the Senate.

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, Sen. Charles Schumer, refused to comment on the Hackett withdrawal, referring all questions to DSCC spokesman Phil Singer, who issued the following statement: “Neither the DSCC nor Sen. Schumer reached out to donors to ask them to take sides in this race. Paul Hackett’s statesman-like decision will help us win one of the most important Senate races in the nation.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11345023/

I haven't seen anything from Rahm. I think Rahm really wants him to run for Schmidt's seat. I don't think there can be any doubt that Hackett would be the strongest candidate in that race.

[Rose Siding]

5. I wish Paul would let us know just who's responsible

It wasn't the DNC. I really want to believe Harry when he says it wasn't him. Schumer's looking more guilty for not responding and saying it's "statesman-like" to deny voters a choice is weasel talk.

Rahm would have looked at it as a pick-up for the House, and that's his baby, but I don't know if he could have influenced the kind of donors that Schumer could.

I wonder why Paul didn't appeal to the internets about this before he quit.

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6. I think this is a Schumer - DSCC deal. It sucks and at the same time,

this is the first time the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has out-raised the Republican Senate Campaign Committee so Schumer has been successful at raising money but he really didn't handle this well at all.

[tgnyc]

7. So do we think Hackett is imagining things, or are Reid and Schumer

lying to us?

[ReadTomPaine]

3. I think it's something like "Shut up and get in line"