You know, I don't have a dog in this fight, and I do criticize individuals in political life - like a certain Senator from Connecticut, but posting a diary title with "Shame" as the operative word. Come on. Reserve that stuff for someone who seriously kisses up to dubya - like recepients of his kisses and cheek love tweaks at the State of the Union address.

Otherwise, your advocacy for your candidate comes across as so much junior high school drech.

Yes but if he was the leading Dem. fighting Cafta he failed now didn't he? And the whole Body armor thing has put me over the top forget Brown he is a filp-floper who has no idea how to campaign. Hackett is the better candidate he comes out and says what he belives in. Also what is the deal with Brown voting for the defense bill that included ANWR drilling?

I agree with the one sentiment that if Brown truely complimented the administration on body armor than he did not state a good nor accurate position.

I do agree with your main conclusion that we have two great guys here and Ohio will be well represented by either. It reminds me of 1970 when Metzenbaum faced Glenn for an open seat primary. Metzenbaum won and went on to the Senate and two years latter Glenn won the nomination and went onto the Senate as well. Maybe the same will happen here with these two candidates!

I gotta' ask.  Did they leave in the piece when the audience gentleman asked the question, how Sherrod seemed to need more time on how to answer that, so he redirected the audiences attention to his wife being there with him.  I was like, WHAT, what does this have to do with anything.  Then he went on to give us her resume and that she won the Pulitzer.  All very nice, but what did all this have to do with the question/answer time and the gentlemans specific question.  He is a slick politician.  That example is how most everything else went.  He spoke in generalities.  He's been fighting NAFTA and CAFTA, the same ol same ol he keeps saying and riding his entire career on.  He gives that the basis for why people should want him.  Have I missed something, we do have NAFTA and CAFTA, don't we?  He gave no facts or plans.

I gotta' ask, did they leave in the piece when the audience gentleman asked the question, how Sherrod seemed to need more time on how to answer that, so he redirected the audiences attention to his wife being there with him.  I was like, WHAT, what does this have to do with anything.  Then he went on to give us her resume and that she won the Pulitzer.  All very nice, but what did all this have to do with the question/answer time and the gentlemans specific question.  He is a slick politician.  That example is how most everything else went.  He spoke in generalities.  He's been fighting NAFTA and CAFTA, the same ol same ol he keeps saying and riding his entire career on.  He gives that the basis for why people should want him.  Have I missed something, we do have NAFTA and CAFTA, don't we?  He gave no facts or plans.