Thursday’s post, “Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?, has attracted a LOT of traffic, but only one comment so far. In our opinion, however, that comment and our response to it merit more attention from our readers than it’s likely to get if it’s just appended to the original article. For [...]
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, all of Nebraska’s representatives in Congress sent up white flags of surrender… Flag 1: Upholding and defending the Constitution Flag 2: Ensuring federal spending will escalate another $2.5 trillion Note: Considering the margins by which “the debt deal” passed, if you’re not in Nebraska, at least some of [...]
This article is part of a continuing series about candidates for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Our first look at each candidate includes some general information and links to databases about campaign finances, voting records, and some news reports. Prior articles: Jon Bruning Announces Bid for Senate [...]
Nebraska's Ben Nelson apparently is better at cutting deals than a Persian bizarre rug salesman. In addition to securing "The Cornhusker Kickback" in exchange for his healthcare vote, it seems Nelson also made sure he obtained some big money to provide himself with political advertising cover. The Democratic National Committee provided $500,000 for Nelson to run a flurry of TV ads in Nebraska to calm down angry constituents.