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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/18/2012
09:45
New ad hits Bob Kerrey
» Leavenworth Street

Crossroads GPS has a new ad up hitting New Yorker Bob Kerrey, the Democrat nominee for Nebraska’s Senate seat. See it here: This is a statewide buy to be played in the Omaha, Lincoln, Scottsbluff, North Platte, Sioux City, IA, and Denver, CO markets. Interestingly, this spots knocks Kerrey for his actions AFTER he was [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/17/2012
15:45
Latest Poll: Fischer leads Kerrey by 18
» Leavenworth Street

First a quick Separated at Birth rerun from over a year ago (whew, time flies!): Deb Fischer and President Taylor from “24″. *** The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of 500 Likely Nebraska voters shows Deb Fischer with an 18 point lead over Bob Kerrey. It looks like this: Fischer………56% Kerrey……….38% Other……………2% Undecided….3% That Undecided number [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/16/2012
01:45
How Deb did it
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Underfunded and outstaffed, with no national groups to help her, Deb Fischer pulled out one of the most unlikely victories in recent memory. You are likely to see some national media outlets who are quick to paint Fischer as some sort of upstart tea partier who toppled the GOP establishment candidate in Jon Bruning. Should [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/15/2012
23:45
Fischer has it!
» Leavenworth Street

**Update at 10:13** We are terrible at math, but we don’t see enough major precincts left to flip it for Bruning. We are calling the GOP Senate race for Deb Fischer! Nebraska Senate results (continually updated): 1785 /1785 precint results Fischer………41.11% Bruning……..35.90% Stenberg…….18.75% Flynn…………2.76% Zimmerman….0.82% Elander………0.66% *** Lee Terry statement: “I am honored to be nominated [...]

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21:45
Fischer takes the lead; Terry declared winner; Ewing over Howard
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Hold onto your butts! It could get exciting! Nebraska Senate results: 908/1785 precint results Fischer………38.01% Bruning………37.62% Stenberg…….19.80% Bruning is way up now in both in Lancaster and Douglas Co. *** Lee Terry statement: “I am honored to be nominated once again by the Republican party. As always, I’ll run flat-out and take our campaign to [...]

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11:45
Even NEWER poll has Fischer up
» Leavenworth Street

Newer poll* from PPP: Fischer 37% Bruning 33% Stenberg 17% Crazy crazy crazy day. Oh, and it’s an Election Day as well. *While these results are pretty much in tune with what we have been seeing — this was a small sample of 272 Likely Voters. *** And here is an ad from Leg candidate [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/14/2012
23:45
Late night robo-palooza
» Leavenworth Street

Some new robo-calls in the Senate race to keep you campaign types in-the-know. First for the Jon Bruning camp, Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee: Huck was an early supporter of Bruning’s. *** And then for Deb Fischer, Nebraska 1st District Congressman, Jeff Fortenberry: And then for Fischer (for some reason) former Alaska First Gentleman, Todd Palin… [...]

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13:46
NEWER Poll: Bruning leads Fischer by 2pts
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A NEWER poll, commissioned by EndingSpending.org — the SuperPac supporting Deb Fischer — shows that Jon Bruning leads Deb Fischer by 2 points. See the results from Wenzel Strategies (referenced by Don Walton earlier) here: Bruning……37.7% Fischer…….35.2% Stenberg…..15.7% Other………..3% Don’t know….8.4% 560 respondents MOE +/- 4.12% See the poll summary memo here. Again, this confirms [...]

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11:46
Holy crap! Fischer LEADS Bruning by 5 pts in new poll
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We Ask America has a new poll out showing Deb Fischer up by FIVE points over Jon Bruning. Fischer: 39% Bruning: 34% Stenberg: 18% Elander/Flynn/Zimmerman: 9% Last week’s WAA poll showed the following: Bruning: 42% Fischer: 26% Stenberg: 23% Elander/Flynn/Zimmerman: 9% Note that: WAA polls 1,100 people. This is an automated phone poll, and there [...]

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09:46
New EndingSpending ad up for Fischer
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EndingSpending.org, the SuperPac Joe Ricketts is funding up, has a new ad up for Deb Fischer. See it here: You might notice that there is NO B-roll from the Fischer camp contained in this spot, which may be in response to the Bruning campaign’s complaint over the weekend. We have seen media accounts saying that [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/13/2012
09:45
Fischer and Bruning battle
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The three-day campaign between Deb Fischer and Jon Bruning is reaching its boiling point. And don’t think that Don Stenberg, though seemingly relegated to third place, will be quitting any time soon. So the latest media updates come from Deb Fischer who has been sending out a robocall from Sarah Palin. Hear it here: This [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/12/2012
09:45
Joe Ricketts SLAMS Bruning, buys ads for Fischer
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AmeriTrade founder Joe Ricketts, on behalf of an organization called “Ending Spending“, has made a significant media buy in the Omaha and Lincoln markets on behalf of Deb Fischer’s Senate campaign. First see this HARSH (devastating?) anti-Bruning ad, entitled, “Anyone but Bruning”, here: Next see the positive Fischer ad here: The OWH reported on Friday [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/11/2012
13:45
Better Know a Candidate
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We have a couple of additions in our last minute “Better Know a Candidate” series. (From candidates who actually, you know, responded to our request for info.) First is John Ravenscroft running in District 43, out of Valentine. This is part of Deb Fischer’s old district, covers 13 counties and is larger than the State [...]

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11:45
Weekend warriors
» Leavenworth Street

Lots of info over the past 24 hours. You never know what will happen next. Things are relatively quiet on the Senate front at the moment, but that could change at any time. *** We were notified that Jon Bruning was supposed to record an interview on Tom Becka’s new KKAR show today, but that, [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/10/2012
15:45
Fortenberry endorses Fischer
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Wow. Can a campaign lose by a thousand cuts? Deb Fischer is seeing if that can happen (to the Jon Bruning campaign) in the LAST week of the GOP Senate race in Nebraska. First an endorsement by Sarah Palin. And now, 1st District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry steps up and spends some political capital, as well [...]

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15:45
Bruning goes negative; Stenberg concedes 3rd place?
» Leavenworth Street

Jon Bruning has TWO new ads up. But as of this writing, only one of them is up on the official Bruning YouTube site (and we’re doing our best to sound like a very skeptical Joe Jordan here). First, the negative spot, here: In this piece, the ad names Don Stenberg AND Deb Fischer by [...]

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11:45
New Stenberg spot and more
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Don Stenberg has a new ad up. See it here: This is a very good spot, just Don talking to the camera. It has pretty much been him and Bruning talking to the camera, stating who is more conservative and throwing out a few points. This is a good piece by Stenberg, and is a [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/09/2012
11:45
Sarah Palin endorses Deb Fischer
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Deb Fischer announced the endorsement of her U.S. Senate campaign by former GOP Vice Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Palin wrote to Fischer: We admire your conservative principles and know that you will not go to Washington to amass great wealth or power. You will go to Washington to serve the people of [...]

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09:45
New TV and radio
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New TV and radio spots by…Jon Bruning. First, new TV, here: Here is the text: Jon Bruning: “After all those false ads attacking me, elections come down to simple truths.” “Barack Obama is failing our country, and Bob Kerrey supports him” “As your Attorney General, I’ve battled waste and cut spending, sued the President to [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/08/2012
11:45
Polls, attacks and TV
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That old Barenaked Ladies song is stuck up in the cranium: One Week. Andrew Breitbart was famous for knowing how to wring every drop he could out of a story. When he felt he had the goods on someone, he would not just throw all of his info on the table. He would let it [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/07/2012
15:45
New Poll: Fischer beating Stenberg; close with Bruning
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The Deb Fischer for Senate camp has put out new polling results that show her competing with Jon Bruning. The poll from The Singularis Group, a Kansas City based firm, taken (live) on Sunday, May 6th of “…400 likely Republican Primary voters in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race. The confidence interval for the survey is 95% [...]

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11:45
New Fischer ad and lots more
» Leavenworth Street

Lots happening and talking over the weekend, with 7 more days to campaign until the primary… *** First, a new ad from Deb Fischer. See it here: This is a good spot, frankly better than her first intro piece. But many people still don’t know who Deb Fischer is, and we feel like she needs [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/04/2012
09:45
New Bruning spot
» Leavenworth Street

In our ever enduring efforts to get you the latest, see Nebraska Senate candidate Jon Bruning’s latest TV spot here: And here is the text: BRUNING: Elections are about the choices we make for our future. As Nebraska’s Attorney General, I’m leading the fight to overturn Obamacare. Bob Kerrey says Obamacare doesn’t go far enough. [...]

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09:45
LGBT ordinance in trouble?
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Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, at the request of State Senator Beau McCoy, issued an opinion that municipalities, like Omaha and Lincoln, may NOT expand protected classes beyond what is already contained in state law. This could mean trouble for the new Omaha LGBT ordinance as well as anything Lincoln hopes to pass. The AG [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/03/2012
17:45
Santorum endorses Bruning
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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum today announced his endorsement of Jon Bruning in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary. Santorum said: “Jon Bruning is a trusted conservative who is unapologetically pro-life, will fight to reduce the size of the federal government and will ensure that the government spends less and does not tax more. And there [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/02/2012
09:45
May Day Debate
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Some thoughts from Tuesday’s MayDay debate between the Nebraska GOP Senate candidates… Now, we will try to keep it as non-partisan as possible — and you will undoubtedly hear that one candidate or another won — but we think it was pretty even, all in all. Frankly, pretty uneventful. Frank Lee, pretty boring. Here’s the [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 05/01/2012
15:45
The green sky before the twister?
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As Bob Kerrey watches-on, pool side, the GOP game of Marco Polo will whip up at tonight’s GOP Senate debate. Now we could be wrong (yeah, really), but our guess is that Don Stenberg has to make his move sometime very soon. Tonight’s televised debate would seem to be the prime opportunity to make a [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/30/2012
11:45
Polling and endorsing
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Lots of issues over the weekend. Where to begin? Well, the talk of the Senate race was, as it usually is at this point, “What do the the polls say?” Deena Winter at Watchdog tweeted that I hear polls show Bruning’s lead has been cut in half, but he’s still up by about 10 points [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/27/2012
11:45
Who is fighting for Nebraska’s Senate seat?
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Interesting article in The Hill today, talking about Nebraska’s combative GOP Senate primary, and how it pits different Senate backers against each other, depending on their candidate choice. On the one hand, you have backers of Jon Bruning, who are characterized as the traditional GOP leadership. Then you have the Tea Party type “outsiders”, lead [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/26/2012
15:45
Kennel the dogs of war!
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We are less than three weeks out from a brutal primary season where we will four or six or something Republicans running for the GOP Senate nom. And then more than a couple Democrats who will be running / have their names on the ballot / will be running very random web videos. And then [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/25/2012
09:45
Kerrey: Don’t invade North Korea!
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Bob Kerrey gave a severe warning to America’s military and saber-rattling class: “Don’t you dare invade Russia!” Oh, wait. No, it was “Don’t you dare invade Canada!” Hmm. (Checking….) Ok, it was, “Don’t you dare invade Iran!” Yeah, we got it on that last one. Here is the video from Bob Kerrey, answering the question [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/24/2012
11:45
Another new ad from Jon Bruning
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Jon Bruning has another new ad up. See it here: The ad is on Bruning fighting President Obama’s health care law. Here is the text: Jon Bruning: “Why am I leading the fight to stop President Obama’s health care law?” “Just look at the unconstitutional power grab of a federal mandate that forces you to [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/23/2012
13:45
Monday briefs
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Folks, Sorry but because of technical difficulties, we are not able to give you a full-on, dissect the news, post. We will do our best to put one up tomorrow. In the mean time, feel free to weigh-in on… OWH’s half bio, half investigation on Deb Fischer’s Senate chances. It can all pretty much be [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/22/2012
19:45
New Lee Terry ad
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Lee Terry has a new ad out. See it here: We will comment more on this Monday, but thought we would just get it up this Sunday evening. LOTS more tomorrow!

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/20/2012
11:45
Fridays
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Brief post today…unless more hits the later. Deb Fischer has a web video up that you can watch here: Basically lots of B-Roll with a spaghetti western soundtrack, and Deb’s positions. Nice visuals. *** Jon Bruning and Lee Terry were both endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the past few days. Usually a [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/19/2012
11:45
Politics and stuff
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Don Stenberg has a new radio ad out, knocking Jon Bruning for farming out some of his AG cases. Hear it here: And Stenberg told Watchdog that Bruning should take down his ads on the subject. And that’s fine. Except that it is our understanding that the matters in question were where the AG’s office [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/18/2012
11:45
Bob Kerrey: An unusually good liar
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You may have heard that Bob Kerrey thinks Jon Bruning wasn’t being sufficiently respectful to the President of the United States by calling him “Barack Obama” instead of “President Obama” in a recent ad. Kerrey said, well, maybe Bruning isn’t experienced enough to know better. The Bruning camp pointed out the many times Kerrey referred [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/17/2012
11:45
New Bruning spot
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Jon Bruning has a new ad up. See it here. For you lazyboneses to busy to watch, here is the text: “In Washington, politicians use accounting gimmicks to hide the real cost of government. “When I became Attorney General, I put an end to those kinds of accounting tricks here. “In the past, outside law [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/16/2012
19:45
New Kerrey ad: Kerrey’s not afraid to vote for Democrats
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A new Bob Kerrey ad is up. See it here: Here let us sum up the ad for you: If you’re looking for a Navy Seal, Bob Kerrey is (was) your man. Because, did you know that Kerrey was a Navy Seal? (You did?) Well, Kerrey is going to beat that into your head until [...]

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11:45
Case of the Mondays
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Happy Monday. The comment section was (and still is) burning up over the weekend with the folks arguing back and forth on LB599, a/k/a the Illegal Immigrant Pre-Natal Care bill. The arguments for each side are still pretty much the same: Illegal-immigration vs Pro-Life. Feel free to tear into it some more, if you please. [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/13/2012
13:45
Is LB 599 Pro-Life? Planned Parenthood would be eligible for funds under Illegal immigrant Prenatal Care law
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LB 599 in the Nebraska Legislature has pitted foes on two different issues against each other. On the one hand is Governor Dave Heineman, who has stated that it is an immigration issue — he does not want to provide taxpayer funded prenatal care for illegal immigrants. On the other side is those who state [...]

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11:45
New ad and money
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The Jon Bruning for Senate camp has a new radio ad out refuting Don Stenberg’s Club for Growth’s assertions from the most recent ad. We are working on getting a YouTube version of it, but in the mean time you can click here to listen to it… AND you can read the text of the [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/12/2012
17:45
New Kerrey ad: Republicans are awesome
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Bob Kerrey has a new ad out. See it here: OK, so along with being for that genius Democrat idea of higher taxes, Kerrey says he is for some great Republican ideas. And that he is just for, “What’s right.” Ah, got it. Bob Kerrey, that great Republican stalwart. Well, Bob Kerrey has been “back” [...]

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11:45
Debating what?
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Did you catch the Nebraksa GOP Senate debate last night? Well, we will forgive you if you missed it. With 900 TV channels, in HD, not to mention the internets, it is amazing that anyone watches this stuff. But some were excited after the last debate had a bit of a dustup, and thought this [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/11/2012
15:45
New Stenberg ad, and more
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First, Don Stenberg has a new ad out — essentially comparing himself to Jon Bruning. See it here: Following is the text of the ad: Stenberg for Senate Title: Workhorse, TV :60 DON: Some people believe that elections are all about sound bites and big money. I believe this election is about our future of [...]

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11:45
Who is ahead?
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Deb Fischer won the straw poll at last night’s Sarpy County GOP women’s forum. Out of about 125 votes, she received 58, Jon Bruning 32, Don Stenberg 22 and Pat Flynn 13 (!..?). This is always a nice thing to trot out, but we’ll leave it at that. (And who are these 13 Flynnians?) But [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/10/2012
09:45
CFG swings twice at Bruning; AFP at Kerrey
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The Club for Growth has both a new TV ad and a radio ad up in Nebraska today. See the TV ad here: And listen to (and watch) the radio spot here: Politico reports that CFG is spending $150K on a two-week ad buy — though it does not specify if that is just for [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/09/2012
09:45
Signs of Spring
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A sign posted at the Easter Egg Roll at the Nebraska Governor’s mansion on Saturday: Apparently this was simply a misprint, and not some special activity sponsored by Don Stenberg’s official office. Remarkably, just a few feet away was a sign pointing the kids towards the “Easter Brunningy” *** These things tend to not be [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/06/2012
15:45
Pollin, pollin’ pollin’…
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A few very short notes on this Good Friday and Easter weekend… *** David Nabity is apparently out polling in the Omaha area for a potential Mayoral run. The questions on these things are always interesting, so here is what a reader reported to us from the call: Caller i.d. just said “Omaha”. The poll [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/05/2012
11:45
I will follow
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If Jon Bruning’s goal was to have no one talk about anything other than Twitter accounts and how you can or can’t follow someone, then mission accomplished. But let us lay it on the line and discuss the things that apparently NO ONE else wants to put out there. (Seriously, pass this around when you’re [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/04/2012
11:45
Kinda Twittery
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So here is your takeaway from the screwy ending to yesterday’s GOP Senate debate in Gering: The OWH is using American Bridge 21st Century’s YouTube feed? (American Bridge‘s goal is to “help elect liberal Democrats“.) Forget about Don Stenberg “following” Jon Bruning’s daughter (all we can say is it’s a good thing he didn’t “Like” [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/03/2012
09:45
Latte talk
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“Everything I own is in Nebraska.” - Bob Kerrey to the North Platte Bulletin “I got up this morning and tried to make an omelet, and I couldn’t find a frying pan.” - Bob Kerrey to the New York Times (not the York News Times) We have a feeling Bob left a few more things [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 04/02/2012
11:45
Obama competitive in NE02?
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A few final, final notes on those PPP polls from last week. We had skipped over the second day results that showed Rick Santorum with a 39% – 25% lead over Mitt Romney in Nebraska. What does this mean for Santorum? We have to think, nothing. We have yet to see a poll or scenario [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/30/2012
11:45
Poll: Nebraskans love Heineman, hate Nelson
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Public Policy Poling came out with their final results from last weekend’s polling in Nebraska. They found that: Dave Heineman gets the highest approval rating of any Governor in the country (60%). Mike Johanns has one of the highest approval ratings of any Senator (55%). Tom Osborne is the most popular person in Nebraska (79%). [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/29/2012
09:45
Why was Kerrey in DC? (And a new Bruning ad)
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The OWH has an interesting story this morning about a meeting between Jon Bruning and Bob Kerrey in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Joe Morton tells how Bruning was running back to his hotel after the Supreme Court arguments, and ran into Kerrey, who was eating lunch in the hotel restaurant. Kerrey asked Bruning to join him. [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/28/2012
15:45
Cornhusker Kickback takes the Supreme Court
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First a little Separated at Birth for ya. (A little math will be required…) Donny Osmond, plus Justin Bieber, equals…Bob Kerrey circa 1982! (MY that is a hair-helmet! As the Dems recall wistfully…) *** Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson’s Cornhusker Kickback made an appearance in the United States Supreme Court today! Nelson probably had no idea [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/27/2012
11:45
Bruning up and Kerrey way behind in new poll
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(We HATE to put up a new post minutes after we just put up another, but in this case, we feel the need. Please go on to read the other one we put up 40 minutes ago…) A new poll published by Public Policy Polling — a Democrat polling firm — shows Bob Kerrey plummeting [...]

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11:45
The “Space” between
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Here is what you need to know about the Nebraska Supreme Court decision about Bob Kerrey’s Senate candidacy: The OWH accompanied this online story about a court decision regarding subject matter jurisdiction…with a photo of Kerrey looking wistfully into the distance on the bridge bearing his name. And then it has a photo gallery of [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/26/2012
13:45
Poll: Kerrey’s roll-out a bust?
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A poll to start your Monday. Democrat pollster, Public Policy Polling has tweeted some initial results of polling in Nebraska this past weekend. Bob Kerrey Favorable 36% Unfavorable 51% Compare that to their October 2011 poll that showed: Bob Kerrey Favorable 39% Unfavorable 34% As PPP so subtly put it: Has not been a successful [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/23/2012
11:45
New TV ad targeting Kerrey
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Americans for Prosperity has a new ad out critical of New York’s Bob Kerrey. See it here: The ad riffs off of Kerrey’s “Welcome back Bob!” ads, pointing out how much more liberal he is after living in the West Village of New York City for the past 12 years. According to Politico, AFP will [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/22/2012
13:45
What happens next?
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Ah the saga of the Bob Kerrey lawsuit. Ben Nelson weighed in and said, “Hey, Chuck Hagel was a carpetbagger too! Just ask Bob Kerrey! (Wait a minute…)” And Lancaster County District Court Judge Burns said Kerrey can be on the ballot — though the Nebraska GOP has already filed their appeal of the Democrat [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/21/2012
17:45
Is Bob Kerrey in a legal home?
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We received some interesting information this afternoon, so we are going to post it now and will follow up with more information when we have it. We have been told that the “Guest House” that Bob Kerrey is calling his “home” under his voter registration filing and his official Senate candidacy filing, may be zoned [...]

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11:45
Background on the NEGOP’s complaint against Kerrey
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The Nebraska Republican Party filed a complaint yesterday challenging the candidacy of Bob Kerrey for U.S. Senate. We read in the MSM that they are contesting Secretary of State John Gale’s ruling that Kerrey can be on the ballot, but we have seen little detail on the actual complaint. So let’s dive in! First off, [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/20/2012
11:45
Bob’s lucky day
» Leavenworth Street

The story continues. Bob Kerrey tells the OWH today that he totally intended to live at his sister’s house when he “moved back” to Nebraska. But after a night of staying at a hotel — you know, instead of his new home in Nebraska at his sister’s house — he “lucked out”, and Jay Noddle [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/19/2012
15:45
What is political to Bob Kerrey?
» Leavenworth Street

For those who looked up from their brackets long enough to notice, Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale said Bob Kerrey could run for Senate in Nebraska. But Gale also made a few points about Kerrey, saying Kerrey was playing fast and loose with residency requirements when registering to vote in Nebraska. Kerrey shot back [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/16/2012
13:45
Erin Go Braghkets
» Leavenworth Street

While speaking at a fundraiser for NE02 Rep. Lee Terry this morning, Tea Party darling, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) referred to Terry’s Republican opponents as “Knuckleheads”. We are just reporting the news, peoples. *** President Obama went off on Republicans yesterday for not getting on board with his plan to pick which “energy” companies to [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/15/2012
11:45
Terry Tea Partying
» Leavenworth Street

NE-02 Congressman Lee Terry has fund raisers and events planned tomorrow. But what makes these events different from the standard rubber chicken and photo op one usually attends, is Terry’s guest: Representative Allen West (R-FL). West is a member of the House Armed Services Committee as well as Small Business Committee. In addition to those, [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/14/2012
15:45
The Final Kickback
» Leavenworth Street

Yesterday Ben Nelson gave half a million dollars of his campaign war chest to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commitee (DSCC). Which was convenient. Because we remember that immediately after Nelson signed on as the deciding vote for ObamaCare and signed off on the Cornhusker Kickback, the DSCC started running ads on Nelson’s behalf during the [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/13/2012
17:45
UPDATE: Thompson votes NO, Gernandt votes YES; New ads for Kerrey
» Leavenworth Street

In a vote that could spell full employment for political consultants and media buyers and sellers across Omaha, City Councilman Franklin Thompson is reported to be voting FOR the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender non-discrimination ordinance before the City Council. Those opposing the ordinance have vowed to collect the required signatures to put the ordinance to [...]

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15:45
Thompson to vote YES; New ads for Kerrey
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In a vote that could spell full employment for political consultants and media buyers and sellers across Omaha, City Councilman Franklin Thompson is reported to be voting FOR the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender non-discrimination ordinance before the City Council. Those opposing the ordinance have vowed to collect the required signatures to put the ordinance to [...]

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11:45
The OWH pushes a bogus poll
» Leavenworth Street

Before we dive into the goings-on in Omaha, here is a little piece to keep the local radio stations in business. American Crossroads has a spot out on the Bob Kerrey Kickback. Hear it here: And this is the low-hanging fruit on Kerrey, folks. We do not doubt that there will be more and more [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/12/2012
09:45
Who’s the Liar?
» Leavenworth Street

The day that New Yorker Bob Kerrey announced that he had “changed his mind” and decided to run for U.S. Senate (in Nebraska), he had this exchange with Nebraska Watchdog‘s Joe Jordan: Jordan: Did (Democrat Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid make any promises to you? Kerrey: Yes he did. Over the weekend, addressing the unfolding [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/09/2012
11:45
Thompson’s gamble
» Leavenworth Street

Attention Leavenworth Street readers! This blog does NOT necessarily represent the views of everyone located on Leavenworth Street. This includes the bartenders at the old Paulie’s/new Waiting Room, that cute waitress at Barrett’s and the family fry-guy at Bronco’s. It may however include the guy who spreads the secret “hickory sauce” at Bronco’s. And we [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/08/2012
17:45
The Kerrey Kickback
» Leavenworth Street

Chuck Hassebrook got elbowed out. And Harry Reid made certain “promises” to Bob Kerrey. Welcome to the Bob Kerrey candidacy folks. When word went out last night that Hassebrook was ceding to Kerrey, no one was really surprised. Most suspected that either local Democrats would lean on Hassebrook to convince him he was being a [...]

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07:45
Report: Hassebrook to drop out of Senate race
» Leavenworth Street

Nebraska Watchdog is reporting that Democrat Senate candidate Chuck Hassebrook will drop out of the U.S. Senate race and endorse Bob Kerrey. An announcement is expected later today. No further details and we will update later.

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/07/2012
11:45
Are those polls correct?
» Leavenworth Street

We are always intrigued by polls and polling. And by the readership when one comes up, we know that you are as well. So two relatively major polls came out on the Nebraska U.S. Senate race yesterday. One was Jon Bruning’s poll that showed Bruning up by over 30 points on Don Stenberg. We did [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/06/2012
15:45
BREAKING: Poll cats
» Leavenworth Street

It drives us crazy to do another post after we JUST put one up, but sometimes the events drive you… So, first… Jon Bruning’s camp released a poll done by the Tarrance Group of 500 likely GOP voters in Nebraska. Results as follows: Jon Bruning…………….52% Don Stenberg……………19% Deb Fischer……………..11% Pat Flynn…………………..1% Spencer Zimmerman …1% Undecided……………….16% [...]

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13:45
Laser Cat
» Leavenworth Street

We mentioned yesterday that Don Walton of the LJS said that Bob Kerrey is “laser focused on entitlement reform.” Lasers we tells ya! And an L. St. reader reminded us that Don should know from lasers! Don noted that Democrat Congressional candidate Tom White was “focused on (Lee) Terry with the intensity of a laser [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/05/2012
11:45
Huggy Bear
» Leavenworth Street

While we were all gesticulating over Bob Kerrey’s sleep-over at his sister’s basement (from his home in Greenwich Village), we held off on a few stories from last week: Bill Clinton came out in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Mark our words: after he dies, unless he really does something weird to screw up [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/02/2012
09:45
The campaigns roll on
» Leavenworth Street

Jon Bruning has a new ad up — in response to the Bob Kerrey candidacy for the U.S. Senate. See it here: Bruning is jumping out early to define Bob Kerrey on the terms that voters seem to actually care about these days: How they’ll vote in the Senate. We look forward to seeing how [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 03/01/2012
15:45
Ring of Kerrey
» Leavenworth Street

With all the Bob Kerrey-mania going on in the Nebraska press, we noticed a few points written in the national media, worth noting: From Matt Miller in the Washington Post: Bob Kerrey — who I hope will announce he’s back in politics this week — told me once that a campaign is not the time [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/29/2012
13:45
“Bob Kerrey will run!”
» Leavenworth Street

“Bob Kerrey will run!” That quote comes from a Tweet from MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. It makes sense that Kerrey would let the news slip to the national press instead of local press, seeing as Kerrey has not lived in Nebraska for the past 11 years. O’Donnell goes on to Tweet… Bob Kerrey is in Nebraska [...]

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11:45
Who is on Team Kerrey?
» Leavenworth Street

We have no idea what Bob Kerrey will ultimately say today (or potentially tomorrow?) about running for the U.S. Senate. But we have our suspicions. For one, he was at the Omaha Central High School basketball game (vs Kearney) last night, with Warren Buffett’s daughter Susie. Because Bob can’t get enough quality high school basketball [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/28/2012
11:45
One more time, Bob!
» Leavenworth Street

We think Bob Kerrey should run for the United States Senate. In Nebraska. This year. (We note, “in Nebraska”, because we do not want you to be confused, since Kerrey has lived in New York City for the past 12 years, where he lives with his wife (a former SNL staffer!), and his son, who [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/27/2012
13:45
Kerrey: Liar, political coward, or both?
» Leavenworth Street

The Washington Post is reporting that New Yorker Bob Kerrey has “changed his mind” and has decided to run for U.S. Senate in Nebraska. So was Kerrey lying when he told Nebraskans a few weeks ago that he was staying with his wife and child in New York City because a Senate run would be [...]

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11:45
FLASH – Holy crap: Kerrey changes his mind!
» Leavenworth Street

This from the Washington Post’s Chris Cilliza: Former senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) has changed his mind and plans to run for the open Senate seat in Nebraska, according to a senior Democratic aide. The aide said Kerrey has called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to inform him of his plans. Kerrey announced earlier this [...]

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11:45
Raise your glass
» Leavenworth Street

We got our little Google reader fired up this morning and caught an Op-Ed in the LJS by Jane Kleeb complaining about the Keystone XL Pipeline developments. She blathered on about “Lee Terry and his cronies“, about “Terry’s ploy” on the pipe and about “Terry and his henchmen“. Typical Jane Kleeb liberal red-meat stuff. And [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/24/2012
13:45
How do you rate?
» Leavenworth Street

National Journal’s Congressional vote ratings are out. The rating is based off of how a Member of Congress votes with the majority of one’s party. So while the ratings are listed as Conservative vs Liberal, that is not necessarily the case, though there is certainly a large element of that. So, for the Nebraska delegation, [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/23/2012
13:45
Re-Pete
» Leavenworth Street

An interesting day yesterday in the annals (the what?) of Leavenworth Street. We were finally recognized by the Omaha World Herald. Well, not the newspaper itself, but by their new little blog thing — “The Hall”. Nonetheless, it is part of Omaha.com, so we send them our greetings. This from the newspaper that still is [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/22/2012
15:45
Stemburger combo to go
» Leavenworth Street

Did anyone catch the story the other day that scientists have figured out a way to grow beef from cow stem cells? It apparently takes forever, they cannot make much and it is crazy expensive. BUT, it apparently is possible. So that go us thinking… You know those “Meat is murder!!!!!” PETA types? So, suppose [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/21/2012
09:45
Poll – Bruning up by almost 30%
» Leavenworth Street

A new poll out of the Jon Bruning camp shows Bruning up by almost 30 points over his nearest competitor, Don Stenberg. The poll by Wenzel Strategies shows… Jon Bruning …………….. 47.5% Don Stenberg …………….18.5% Deb Fischer ………………10.2% Pat Flynn ……………………2.8% Spencer Zimmerman ….. 1.5% Not Sure …………………….19.6% Of course, the first think you should [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/20/2012
15:45
Ricketts for Mayor?
» Leavenworth Street

Leavenworth Street is getting word that there is very serious interest in the 2013 Omaha Mayor’s race from….none other than…former Senate candidate…Pete Ricketts! Pete is the current GOP National Commiteeman from Nebraska, and has stayed very involved at a policy level with the Platte Institute. He is also part owner of the Chicago Cubs (FWIW). [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/17/2012
15:45
Debating PayGo
» Leavenworth Street

Happy Friday afternoon! I hope you find this post while balancing on an uneven bar stool and trying to wipe Buffalo Wing sauce off of your smartphone, while on your 3rd smart cocktail or macrobrew (we’re in a down economy, ya know!). *** Don Stenberg has a new web video up. And by “web video” [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/16/2012
11:45
Commenting on comments to comments
» Leavenworth Street

Our post yesterday regarding the Douglas County Republican Party’s website post, using AFP’s talking points about opposing proposed Nebraska Health Care Exchanges, stirred up a lot of emotion on the comment boards here. A few follow-ups: 1) On the purely political issue we found it “interesting” / strange / huh? that the DCRP would cut [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/15/2012
11:45
“Hope” is not a strategy
» Leavenworth Street

Three relatively big issues to talk about today, so instead of jamming everything into one post, it will be broken into three separate posts. Please take a look at all three (at your leisure). *** As we were perusing the internets, we came across this item on the Douglas County Republican Party website: Pro-Obamacare Legislation [...]

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11:45
Job pipeline
» Leavenworth Street

Three relatively big issues to talk about today, so instead of jamming everything into one post, it will be broken into three separate posts. Please take a look at all three (at your leisure). *** News about the Keystone XL pipeline continues to flow, as Members of Congress, lead by Rep. Lee Terry, continue to [...]

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09:45
Hassebrook to your rescue
» Leavenworth Street

Three relatively big issues to talk about today, so instead of jamming everything into one post, it will be broken into three separate posts. Please take a look at all three (at your leisure). *** Yesterday Democrat Chuck Hassebrook announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. This was after Ben Nelson dropped out. And then [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/14/2012
11:45
Occupy Lyons
» Leavenworth Street

Democrat Chuck Hassebrook is announcing for U.S. Senate today in his hometown of Lyons, Nebraska. No idea how he comes out of the gate, but we don’t see him on the conservative edge of many issues — as you could certainly argue that Ben Nelson is/was. From NEGOP Chair Mark Fahleson: “(Hassebrook is) more liberal [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/13/2012
13:45
Shoulder to shoulder
» Leavenworth Street

Interesting debate put on by Nebraska’s Ron Paul contingent, the RLC-NE, in Kearney on Saturday morning. Well, interesting that they jammed all four of the participants onto one tiny table. And interesting that there were pretty much NO questions that provided any separation on views between the candidates. And interesting that there were zero attacks [...]

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Nebraska blogs (US-NE), 02/11/2012
07:45
FLASH: Hassebrook is IN
» Leavenworth Street

The LJS’s Don Walton is Tweeting (remember when reporters just reported stuff?), that Democrat University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook will announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. No word from Democrat state Senator Steve Lathrop. OWH’s Robynn Tysver tweeted yesterday that Lathrop sounded like he was not going to do it, and [...]

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