Reply #264: You seem to be pretty much alone there

[abbiehoff]

not liking Hackett, I mean.

He may not be as progressive as Brown, but he could get elected.
Hackett is from the Republican part of the state and is popular there with many people, moderates, progressives, maybe even the occasional conservative.

Brown is from the Democratic part of the state and is not really well known in the south. He will very likely NOT be elected.

Hackett is, if nothing else, not a Republican suck-up like so many "moderate" Democrats.

It is wonderful to hear someone say what he REALLY thinks. Politicians almost never do, but then Hackett himself admits that he is no politician.