Novak: Iraq Poses 'Problem' for GOP in 2006

[Warlady]

By Alexa Moutevelis
CNSNews.com Correspondent
August 4, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- The narrow Republican victory in Tuesday's special congressional election in Ohio spells trouble for the GOP in 2006, according to nationally syndicated conservative columnist Robert Novak. He cited the Bush administration's prosecution of the war in Iraq as the main reason.

"I believe that the voting in Ohio [Tuesday] - with the first Iraq veteran running for office as a Democrat ... who almost won opposing the war ... is a tremendous political problem," Novak told the packed audience at the Young America's Foundation National Conservative Student Conference.

"I think it's a political problem for the president. I don't think it's a shift in ideology, but I think it is a real warning signal for the Republicans about the 2006 elections," Novak continued.

The Ohio special election pitted anti-war Democrat and Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett against Republican Jean Schmidt for Ohio's heavily Republican 2nd district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat was formerly held by Republican Rob Portman, who is now the Bush administration's U.S. trade representative.

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Oh come on Novak...it didn't pose a problem in 2004. Are you claiming/proposing that in just 2 short years that the public is going to turn on us and choose the week-kneed, pacifist, Clinton-style way of fighting terrorists? God help us if that's the case. That's all I can say. I don't believe it and don't believe you have thought this through. Take a dive Novak...
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[Antigone]

with the first Iraq veteran running for office as a Democrat ... who almost won opposing the war ...

The only reason he "almost" won was BECAUSE he was an Iraq war veteran and although he opposed the war on all the news shows etc his local campaign said just the opposite to voters. He played both ends and that is the only reason he got as many votes as he did. He is two-faced lying liberal asshat. Novak needs to wake up.

Two Faces of Hackett: Ohio Dem's Strategy Falls Short
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Correspondent
August 03, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - Residents of Batavia, Ohio, got a rather different image of Democratic congressional candidate Paul Hackett during the special election campaign than others around the country.

"Hackett was running two different campaigns: one in the national media, where he was very critical of the president and another in Ohio, where he featured the president in two of his campaign ads, including one he ran during the closing weekend," said Carl Forti, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

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