Act of Desperation,or Politics as Usual?

When I heard about Paul Hackett dropping out of the race for the nomination to run against Sen. DeWine for US Senate of OH, I was thoroughly disgusted. As a Democrat, I would really like for the party to explain to me what they truly stand for? After Mr. Hackett was recruited by the Senate Democrat Campaign Committee, Sen. Chuck Schumer to be exact, with the ok of Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate Minority leader, because of his terrific showing against Jean Schmidt(I refer to her as "Miss LooneyTunes"), now because of some percieved notion that just because a Congressman is in the running for the nomination, the party loyalty and monies should go to him, because they believe Rep. Sherrod Brown has a better chance of winning. This, frankly seems quite lame because nobody knows for sure what the outcome of an election will be (at least it used to be that way)
I know that the Democrats want to regain majority in the Senate, but this betrayal of Paul Hackett tweeks of desperation. I want the Democrats to regain majority status toobecause we need accountability, real oversight and checks and balances of this government, but I do not believe you have to run rough-shot over someone to do so. If this is the way things are done in the Democrat party, it is pretty clear why good,decent people refuse to run for political office anymore, and if this is just plain politics as usual, it is equally clear why the Democrats will most likely be the minority party for some time to come. This realization hurts me to the core of my being, and I really do want my beloved party to explain this one to me