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To: American Spirit who wrote (274676)	2/15/2006 11:39:26 AM
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Hackett bows out Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, a Bush administration critic who had been recruited by top Democrats to run for U.S. Senate from Ohio, said Tuesday he was reluctantly dropping his campaign and declared his political career over. Mr. Hackett said he was pressured by party leaders to drop out of the Senate primary and run for the House against Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt instead. National Democratic leaders, especially Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, added to that pressure by telling his top fundraisers to stop sending money, Mr. Hackett said. "My donor base and host base on both coasts was contacted by elected officials and asked to stop giving," Mr. Hackett told the Associated Press. "The original promise to me from Schumer was that I would have no financial concerns. It went from that to Senator Schumer actually working against my ability to raise money." A spokesman for Mr. Schumer denied that his boss took sides in the race, AP said.