Kick Schmidt Out of DC, Paul!

So Paul Hackett, as I'm sure you know by now, is taking his ball and going home.

As in, leaving politics for good--or so he says.

I have an open letter--a message to Mr. Hackett (for whose campaign against Schmidt I donated serious money to last year): if you're as big a man as you say you are, you'll get out there and kick ass in OH-02.

I very seriously doubt that any of the Dems to whom you "promised" you wouldn't run, would actually stand in your way. They don't stand a bat's chance in hell of beating Schmidt, anyway.

We need you, Paul. Sherrod Brown has a far better shot at winning the Senate seat, and you have a great shot of beating Schmidt. You can have the Senate seat in 2010.

But buck up for chrissakes. This is politics. Brown is a progressive veteran. You, for all your rockstar qualities, are still a newbie who hasn't won anything yet.

Be a man and run the race you can and should win. And kick Mean Jean Schmidt outta DC!