Democratic Party Strategy

The Democrats have a huge image problem. Many people have noticed they are simply not credible on National Defense. There are many, many people out there who have made comments like "I voted for Bush only because he was strong on defense".

So, the Democrats need to get credible. One way to do that is to run candidates who happen to be veterans of the Iraq war and dislike the administration's policies. The Senate race in Ohio was a case in point. The Democrats recruited Paul Hackett, a war veteran, to run there.

Then they decided to go with a different candidate who happens to already be in Congress. They went so far as to call Mr. Hackett's contributors and ask them not to give any more money to him.

Mr. Hackett dropped out of the race today. He's also likely dropping out of politics altogether.

Who the hell is doing their strategy? Alfred E. Newman?