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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

OH-02: SSP in Mother Jones' Hackett Stories

Posted by Bob Brigham

Mother Jones posted their cover story on the OH-02 Special Election:

The Ohio Insurgency: The Democrat who Fought
Major Paul Hackett came home from Iraq to launch an assault on a GOP stronghold. Can Democrats follow his lead?
By David Goodman

They have now also posted a companion piece that provides a timeline of blog support for Paul Hackett:

The Digital Insurgency
How liberal bloggers and their readers fueled Paul Hackett's rise
By Jonathan Stein

On Election Night, I mentioned this was coming. Thoughts?

Posted at 02:13 PM in 2005 Elections, Netroots, Ohio, Site News, Special Elections | Technorati

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The timeline is a fun, blow-by-blow read.

Posted by: DavidNYC at October 12, 2005 02:25 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Yeah, I love that they put together the timeline (even if it doesn't mention Joe Braun). There was also a post from Atrios that was one of my favorites from the election, showing a picture of Schmidt and a picture of Hackett with a .50 caliber on his lap, asking who do you trust to keep you safe when the balls attack. As always, he needed mayber 20 words to drive home his point. Also, Tim's perfect smackdown of the swift boating was a defining event.

Posted by: Bob Brigham at October 12, 2005 02:31 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Fun... I'd like to see it annotated more. You could add three times as many links to things.

Posted by: Ohio 2nd at October 12, 2005 02:41 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I know. I keep wanting to click on certain things - especially things I didn't know about at the time, or don't recall now.

Posted by: DavidNYC at October 12, 2005 02:43 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

This would be great to see in a Wiki...

Posted by: Bob Brigham at October 12, 2005 02:47 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

The mother jones article was a good laugh. The best insight for outsiders as to what it was like on the ground. I imagine their readership really doesn't like DC because that was a slap in the face of the party establishment.

I also enjoyed the in-your-face fuck you portrait of Hackett at the polls on Election Day. Very real indeed.

Bob you’re an ‘insurgent’ star, even if we don’t agree about his Senate run.

Posted by: fightingdemocrat at October 12, 2005 02:54 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I'd just like to add that Paul Hackett can still inspire this sort of effort. There are many of us just waiting for the word that this senate race is a go.

The coverage Atrios gave the congressional campaing was amazing. It made the entire effort feel like a huge celebration. I don't mean to discount the efforts of anyone else, of course.

Posted by: desi at October 12, 2005 04:42 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I don't know if Atrios wrote 200 words then entire time, but yeah, he pulled it off. And what about Crooks and Liars with the video? And what about all of the diaries on Kos and MyDD? And the blogswarms? It was something that should make everyone proud.

Posted by: Bob Brigham at October 12, 2005 05:01 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Fantastic reads, especially the blow-by-blow recap. I could really feel the energy of the campaign and the sheer joy of the moment. It was like watching NFL films doing the highlights for your team after a great season. Made me feel like I was young and a Democrat all over again.

It would be awesome to carry this feeling through all of 2006.

Posted by: Bill Section 147 at October 12, 2005 07:56 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Good news, peeps. It appears that Mike DeWine's war chest is going to be opened long before he faces off against Paul Hackett:

www.bobmcewenforsenate.com

I think the DeWine Haters have found a legitimate challenger. Perhaps we should encourage this?

Posted by: Flaming Liberal at October 12, 2005 08:00 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Bob, I know Atrios didn't use a lot of words -- he's a master at that. :) I agree, John's video at Crooks&Liars was fantastic, as they all are! I spend some of my own personal 'down time' hanging out with the other commenters at Eschaton, and I suppose I was really speaking of that atmosphere.

Posted by: desi at October 12, 2005 08:08 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

It didn't take more than a few words from Atrios to take down my entire site.

Posted by: Ohio 2nd at October 13, 2005 09:31 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment