<html><body> <DIV>If I recall correctly, Hackett's position on the war was that it was wrong to get in. However, I recall hearing a clip of him emphatically denying  any support for immediate withdrawal. SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "John Lacny" <jlacny@earthlink.net> <BR><BR>> Sherrod Brown is better than Paul Hackett, hands down. There is simply no <BR>> question of this. <BR>> <BR>> Middle-class bloggers prefer Hackett because they prefer style over <BR>> substance (Hackett's a veteran) and the bloggers don't care about the <BR>> working class. Hackett doesn't even approach Brown by the "electability" <BR>> standard, since Brown had far more name recognition than Hackett. <BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>