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Dems urge Iraq vets to enter House
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 21, 2005 01:06pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Daily News |
| News Date | Sunday, August 21, 2005 07:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BY RICHARD SISK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - Democrats are putting out the message that Iraq war vets can be all they want to be in the House.
Buoyed by the hot-button campaign of Marine Reserve Maj. Paul Hackett in Ohio, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is looking to recruit angry vets for runs at House seats next year, while Republicans are mostly taking a pass - for now.
Hackett, who drew national media attention by calling President Bush a "chicken hawk" and worse, lost by only 4,000 votes to Jean Schmidt on Aug. 2 in Ohio's heavily Republican 2nd District near Cincinnati.
The Democratic committee, still leery of seeming to exploit the Iraq issue, didn't send him any money until the final weekend of the campaign, but Hackett's appeal has forced a shift in tactics.
"They've experienced what's going on in Iraq firsthand," the committee's Adrienne Elrod said of Iraq vets. "It's no surprise we're interested in others running."
Currently, three Iraq vets have filed to run as Democrats for House seats, and a fourth is a likely candidate.
National Guard vet Tim Walz, a high school history teacher, has sought to emulate Hackett's in-your-face rhetoric in an uphill race against six-term GOP Rep. Gil Gutknecht in Minnesota's 1st District. |
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