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Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics

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  Hal Daub on deck

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 7:01pm CDT by Street Sweeper

  Word has it that former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub will announce Thursday his intention to re-seek the Omaha Mayor's office in 2009. **UPDATE at 6:30 AM** Confirmed by the OWH. **UPDATE at 8:15 AM** Confirmed by Hal Daub press release (see below) Daub has been a major player in Omaha politics over the past year. In his position on the MECA board influencing the new stadium build, Daub has stayed in
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  General Election begins today

  Posted: May 14th, 2008, 4:40am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Any excitement in the big races last night ended early. So, while we were watching the returns dribble in, here are a few things we learned:When Democrats are given the choice between the Democrat they know and the Republican they don’t, they’ll usually go for the Democrat. Mike Johanns has already defined Scott Kleeb (anti-tax cuts, pro-choice, pro- gay unions). Kleeb’s campaign apparently had
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  Raimondo concedes?

  Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:00pm CDT by Street Sweeper

  Was it just us, or did Tony Raimondo concede as soon as the clock struck 8? See Tony essentially call it for Kleeb on WOWT. Well...that was fun while it lasted... (So will Mike Johanns be gunning for Jim Esch's endorsement?)
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  Tony vs Scott: Who ya got?

  Posted: May 13th, 2008, 5:00am CDT by Street Sweeper

  In our final race of the day, the Leavenworth Street Odds Makers look a the Democratic Senate Primary. (See the GOP Senate Primary here.) (And the Dem 2nd District Primary here.) Remember way back when, when all the talk was about Bob Kerrey getting in the Senate race? He was buying a house in Dundee, and picking out kindergartens, strolling the Old Market. And now this race is Tony Raimondo
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  Bettin' on the Second

  Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:00am CDT by Street Sweeper

  As we continue our Leavenworth Street Election Day Odds, we point you first to the 8 o'clock hour where we prognosticated on the GOP Senate race. Be sure to take a look. Now we set the odds on the 2nd District Democrat primary between Jim Esch and Richard Carter. This was a strange race from the start. Months back, Jim Esch, who came within 10% of Lee Terry two years ago, declared that Hillary
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  "Never tell me the odds..."

  Posted: May 13th, 2008, 3:00am CDT by Street Sweeper

  It's that time again folks! The Leavenworth Street Election Day Odds! As always, wagering using these odds is only permitted in designated legal locations and/or off-shore servers. We're only going to do three races here today, but we'll break them up over three hours: The GOP Senate race now (8:00 AM CST); The 2nd District Dem House race at 9:00 AM CST; The Dem Senate race at 10:00 AM CST.
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  Tony: Maybe I'll support Kleeb, maybe not

  Posted: May 12th, 2008, 6:55pm CDT by Street Sweeper

  It was probably a routine question by KMTV's Joe Jordan to Tony Raimondo: Will you support Scott Kleeb if he wins the Senate nomination? And Raimondo's response: "I'll think about that later." He'll think about it later? That's right, Tony, who has been a Dem for about fifteen minutes, will have to weigh whether or not he'll support his new party's nominee. Because, he wouldn't want to
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  Kleeb TV: LOTS of info

  Posted: May 11th, 2008, 4:20pm CDT by Street Sweeper

  Scott Kleeb is closing out the primary season with a new ad entitled, "Time". Take a gander: Wow. Information overload! Quick, what's the theme here? Yeah, we don't know either. In thirty seconds we see Scott in five different outfits, pushing (at least) six different ideas, with a two different narrators, and twelve -- count 'em -- twelve different screen "subtitles". For instance,
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  Richard Carter doesn't "want it"

  Posted: May 9th, 2008, 9:20am CDT

  After Jim Esch's ham-handed political move of endorsing Tony Raimondo over Scott Kleeb yesterday, it seemed there was one obvious move for Richard Carter: Endorse Scott Kleeb. However, Leavenworth Street has received word that Carter does NOT plan to endorse anyone in the Senate race. Apparently Richard Carter's plan of not raising money, not having an ad campaign and being a complete unknown
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  Esch does WHAT?

  Posted: May 8th, 2008, 4:35pm CDT

  On Thursday, Jim Esch, candidate for the Democratic 2nd District Congressional nomination, went out of his way to endorse ...Tony Raimondo over Scott Kleeb for the Democratic Senate nomination! Yes, you heard that right. "Esch says he's convinced Raimondo is the most qualified candidate." For the life of us, we can't figure out any politically sane reason for Esch's boneheaded actions. Esch
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  Tony TV: Reading the fishwrap

  Posted: May 8th, 2008, 9:10am CDT

  Quick post on Tony Raimondo's latest ad, "Endorsement". Watch: We give the production value on this one high marks. It pulls out good quotes, shows Raimondo with Bob Kerrey and Ben Nelson, and makes Tony's best argument: "the best Democrat to face Johanns" (once again, the OWH ripping off Leavenworth Street, but we digress...) That's a pretty strong ad to go into the final weekend of the

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  Thank You

  Posted: May 7th, 2008, 5:35pm CDT by Dave

  This will be my last post here at the College Dems blog, and I want to thank everyone for being such great friends and such a dedicated group of people. I came to UNO three years ago and joined the College Democrats. Whether you came because of those fun buttons we were selling, or a [...]

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  Non-Nebraskans for Kleeb

  Posted: May 6th, 2008, 1:30pm CDT

  With a week to go in the Democrat primary for Senate, Tony Raimondo has been taking a beating for donating about $500,000 of his own cash to his campaign. Now, forget for a minute that Raimondo said he was going to do that from the start. It's all new news now. (We'll also put aside for now the fact that Kleeb has been running for office non-stop since 2005.) (And we'll put aside that
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  It's good to be an Esch

  Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 3:30am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Jim Esch filed his FEC report -- on time! Nice work Jim. Esch has taken in nearly $80,000 this quarter for his challenge against Richard Carter for the Dem nomination for the 2nd District Congressional seat . But lets take a look at who contributed. We see that over $36,000 -- nearly 45% came from someone with the surname "Esch"-- all the primary max of $2,300. (The list is not unlike the
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  Mike Teevee: Johanns on the air (and a new Kleeb)

  Posted: April 30th, 2008, 11:55am CDT

  Mike Johanns will begin airing campaign ads today statewide. **UPDATE 2:45pm** Scott Kleeb also has a new ad up. See it with our commentary below. His first ad, entitled "Proven. Tested. Trusted." is below. Take a look: Our initial reaction is that this ad is...OK. It generally gives a nice wrap-up of Johanns's career, re-introducing him to Nebraska. But... The initial problem seems to be
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  Tony TV: My Opponents...

  Posted: April 28th, 2008, 9:39pm CDT

  Tony Raimondo's latest 30 seconds up, entitled, "Experience". Take a look: Now THIS is the type of ad that Raimondo should have had up initially. Much better summary of his background and experience. Of course Tony also takes the first shots across the bows of the Mike Johanns and Scott Kleeb campaigns. But then, Kleeb has been doing that from the very moment he entered the race. (It's
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  Half-baked campaign

  Posted: April 24th, 2008, 9:50am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Well, you gotta say this about Rich Carter: If the kid is going down, he's going down swinging. During last night's debate, Carter and Jim Esch were able to ask each other a question. Esch tossed a softball to Carter who swatted it away. And what does Carter do? He asks Esch if he'll take a drug test, just like many federal employees have to do. Afterwards, Carter ambushed Esch with an

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  Tribute To The Fallen 2008

  Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 9:58am CDT by Dave

  This year, we placed 4,041 American flags, one for each of the men and women who have given their lives in Iraq.

Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics

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  LeeTerry.com

  Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 6:00am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Lee Terry (finally) has his new website up for the 2008 campaign. And we have to say that it is probably the best campaign website up these days, as far as the look, ease of use, photos, videos, etc. The "Issues" section has excellent blurbs on each point, though maybe could use a link to more fleshed out information. Now all that being said, we here on Leavenworth Street are equal-opportunity
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  Tony: Roe vs WHAT?

  Posted: April 21st, 2008, 4:25am CDT by Street Sweeper

  First Scott Kleeb gives a non-answer to Joe Jordan about whether a woman should have the right to choose to have an abortion, then refuses altogether to answer Nebraska Right To Life's questionnaire. Now Tony Raimondo has stepped in it. We all know that Tony is a businessman and he's concentrating on business and business because business-business which is to say "business". But after telling
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  Kleeb TV: still horsing around

  Posted: April 17th, 2008, 9:08am CDT

  Scott Kleeb up on TV finally. First, take a look: Kleeb, sporting the ever-present tan sport coat, begins agaaaain, explaining how all his relatives are from Nebraska. We then get lots of cowboy hats and ranching images, because if you hadn't heard, Scott Kleeb worked on a ranch. Yes we know, it's a shock, but apparently it's true. Sure he went to Yale, has been running for Congress for the
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  Tony TV: Iraq

  Posted: April 16th, 2008, 11:05am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Here is the latest TV ad from Tony Raimondo: Not a lot of words. Not much detail (though he has given a time table of one to three years to get out of Iraq). Sounds lots like Ben Nelson. Then there's that awkward arm fold. And all the while Kamp Kleeb is strangely silent... (More from Leavenworth Street on all the other campaign-related stuff soon...)
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  Neb GOP defends itself

  Posted: April 14th, 2008, 9:15am CDT by Street Sweeper

  A few weeks ago the Nebraska legislature debated issues regarding illegal immigrant rights. One very topical subject was prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition at Nebraska colleges and universities. Remember that issue? Bet Tom Osborne does... So when State Sen. Steve Lathrop voted against that prohibition, the Nebraska Republican Party called him on it. They sent out
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  Leaven Street Worth?

  Posted: April 11th, 2008, 12:01am CDT

  First a little Separated at Birth of Democrat operative, Scott's wife, and fellow blogger... Jane Fleming Kleeb and actress Jeanne Tripplehorn We dedicated this SAB to Jane, because of her shout-out to us on her V-log on MTV.com's politico site. She is the "Street" correspondent for Nebraska, talking about general stuff and political stuff. She propped our little blog the other day...and...
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  Behlen for Senate

  Posted: April 9th, 2008, 1:40am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Tony Raimondo has the first ad of the political season (not counting the early Hal Daub ads ) on the airwaves. First, take a look for yourself, then our critique: OK, for this little bio piece, to "tell Raimondo's story", they used thirteen different speakers. 13!!! Without watching it again, did any one stick out? Was any memorable? (Well, except for the guy from ZZ Top at the end..)
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  Kleeb stares at the cake

  Posted: April 7th, 2008, 4:50am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Joe Jordan of KMTV Channel 3 in Omaha recently quizzed Scott Kleeb on his abortion stance. “Pro-choice or Pro-life?”, asked Jordan. Kleeb then did his rattle-snake impression, twisting and turning, refusing to pin either label on himself. Kleeb says he is personally against abortion, wants to reduce abortion, etc. (See the video of Jordan's interview of Kleeb here.) And that’s fine and all,
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  Esch: Dishonorable, corrupt (we're told)

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 10:00am CDT

  Jim Esch will be running a dishonorable, corrupt campaign that is pledged to special interest groups. How do we know? Well, Jim Esch told us so. You see, back in 2006, Jim vowed not to take any PAC money to fund his campaign. It was a dominant theme. He said it all right here: I have made an unwavering commitment in this campaign to neither solicit donations—nor accept unsolicited
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  Tom Osborne for Senate?

  Posted: March 31st, 2008, 7:01pm CDT by Street Sweeper

  Tom Osborne has apparently decided that his stint in politics is not over. Leavenworth Street has learned that after the April 19th Nebraska Spring “Red-White” football game, Osborne will retire his position as Athletic Director and will mount a late write-in campaign for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate against Mike Johanns. (Initial word is that former Husker great Dave
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  A comeback for P.J. Morgan?

  Posted: March 31st, 2008, 5:50am CDT by Street Sweeper

  In his Sunday column, Michael Kelly dropped this little political nugget for Omahans interested in next year’s Mayoral election: Two Republicans mentioned as possi­ble candidates next year are for­mer mayors — Hal Daub and P.J. Morgan. Kelly then goes on to get comments from Morgan regarding the Mayoral recall drive, with Morgan saying: “I absolutely think it’s the wrong thing to do. It’s not
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  Kleeb: historic driving menace

  Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:55am CDT by Street Sweeper

  Nebraska Democrat Senate candidate Scott Kleeb is being raked over the coals for the revelation that he apparently keeps a cinder block on the accelerator when he's out driving. But this isn't the first time Kleeb's had trouble behind the wheel of a campaign vehicle. Back in 1996 Kleeb, then an undergrad at the University of Colorado in Boulder, was working for ultra-liberal House of
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  Kleeb Can't Drive 55!

  Posted: March 26th, 2008, 8:45am CDT

  Scott "Lead Boot" Kleeb's driver's license has been yanked. (Senate hopeful loses his license - OWH - 3/26/08.) After getting his sixth traffic ticket in twenty-two months, Kleeb can't get his license back until September at the earliest. And this is all pretty bone-headed too. Every candidate for a major office has someone drive him or her around. The candidate is usually on the phone,

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  McCain’s (non-existent) plan for the economy.

  Posted: March 25th, 2008, 3:43pm CDT by tyler

  I just got done watching Senator McCain’s “major” speech on the economy, and my first impression - especially considering that one of the Arizona Senator’s favorite lines of attack against Barack Obama is that he “lacks substance” - was: “that’s it?!” McCain spent most of his “major speech” scolding the irresponsibility of the banks and [...]

Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics

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  Stand Up Hagel

  Posted: March 25th, 2008, 10:40am CDT

  First, a little Separated at Birth proposed by...Senator Chuck Hagel! Chuck Hagel and Mac Davis. (Here is Mac's Wikipedia link for you youngsters who never saw him perform at Ak-Sar-Ben.) Now the good Senator didn't suggest it directly to Leavenworth Street. It was on the very interesting audio piece the Lincoln Journal Star put together of Hagel narrating a slide show of photos through his
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  Same story, new chapter

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 10:10am CDT by Street Sweeper

  All across the internets today we're reading about how Senator Chuck Hagel says in his new book with fly-fisherman Peter Kaminsky that America needs a third party. We're just checking but haven't we seen this before? Oh wait, yeah, we talked about it RIGHT HERE in January of last year. And then there was the whole thing with Bloomberg. So this is news...how? Oh wait, Hagel also thinks
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  Look who is FOR a new stadium

  Posted: March 17th, 2008, 8:00am CDT by Street Sweeper

  As the "Save Rosenblatt!" and "Recall Fahey!" rhetoric heats up, it is interesting to see who is on which side of the issue. And as we were browsing the OWH today, we saw this letter in The Public Pulse from the owner of what is arguably the best known ice cream pavillion in college sports: Look for greater good My business partner and I are the owners of a modest little Omaha ice cream shop

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  2008 Candidates

  Posted: March 15th, 2008, 11:11am CDT by Dave

  Hey all. I’m jumping back in for a moment to give some updates on the 2008 elections. As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, Scott Kleeb has entered the race for United States Senate. He’ll face businessman and former Republican Tony Raimondo in the Democratic Primary. (Kleeb will be at the UNO Democrats meeting on [...]

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  Charlotte's Website

  Posted: March 14th, 2008, 9:25am CDT by Street Sweeper

  First up, suggested from a loyal reader, Separated at...Hair: Tony Raimondo and Ferdinand Marcos! What else is going on? Well, campaigns are getting up and revving. And that means creating websites, right? But no one, other than probably Mike Johanns, really has their campaign site up and finalized. Scott Kleeb is asking everyone which logo makes him look most like a real-life cowboy. And Tony
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  Could Fahey be recalled?

  Posted: March 11th, 2008, 12:50pm CDT

  Could Fahey be recalled?
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  SecDef Hagel?

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 5:30am CST by Street Sweeper

  SecDef Hagel?
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  Kleeb: no time for Iraq

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 11:05am CST

  Kleeb: no time for Iraq
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  Primary colors

  Posted: March 4th, 2008, 9:30am CST

  Primary colors
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  Esch to run for Congress

  Posted: February 28th, 2008, 12:19pm CST

  Esch to run for Congress
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  Tony is furious with Ben

  Posted: February 27th, 2008, 10:25am CST

  Tony is furious with Ben
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  Has Esch tossed his hat?

  Posted: February 26th, 2008, 3:45am CST by Street Sweeper

  Has Esch tossed his hat?
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  Kleeb goes Negative

  Posted: February 25th, 2008, 12:25am CST

  Scott Kleeb has been in the Senate race for, what, ten minutes? And he's already gone negative on Tony Raimondo. From the OWH: Kleeb said the biggest difference between the two is that he, unlike his opponent, has always been a Democrat.and... Noting that Raimondo opted not to compete with Johanns in a Republican primary, Kleeb asked how the businessman expected to beat the former governor in
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  What's in it for Kleeb?

  Posted: February 21st, 2008, 9:25am CST

  As any political observers outside of a rock have heard, Scott Kleeb is planning on announcing his entrance into the U.S. Senate race. A few thoughts: First, how about the fact that Kleeb plans on announcing his intentions on Monday? Guess who is also announcing on Monday...Tony Raimondo! Now it's one thing for Kleeb to get into the race at the 11th hour after Raimondo (via Ben Nelson) went
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  Max factor

  Posted: February 18th, 2008, 2:00pm CST

  People have gotten all hot and bothered about this, and since there's not a whole lot else (politics-wise) to talk about, we'll throw out this little post. The Nebraska Republican Party decided to apparently have some fun with the nascent 1st District Max Yashirin for Congress campaign. They bought the domain MaxYashirin.com, and put it up with photos of Max Yashirin, from his FaceBook page.
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  Crowded House

  Posted: February 15th, 2008, 3:30am CST by Street Sweeper

  Things are finally in motion to make your 2008 more interesting, politics-wise. As we had noted a few days ago, 1st District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry offically has an opponent for November. He is a 25 year old Lincolnite named Max Yashirin. We've actaully heard quite a bit about Max at this point, but we're going to hold off on all of that for a while. There's lots of time. Let's just say
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  A Gift for Fahey

  Posted: February 14th, 2008, 9:30am CST

  A Gift for Fahey
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  Uncle W.

  Posted: February 13th, 2008, 7:30pm CST

  Uncle W.
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  House Party

  Posted: February 12th, 2008, 4:30pm CST

  More waiting on House candidates. Lee Terry said he's going to take this election seriously (so he can apparently win by more than 10% -- which, we keep hearing, was "really close"). Terry has around $455,000 Cash On Hand. Announced Democrat, Richard Carter, made his first foray in front of the party and on TV. And Don Walton of the LJS reports that who is out of the woodwork, but Jim Esch!

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  Best. Caucus. Ever.

  Posted: February 9th, 2008, 1:05pm CST by john

  Actually, at my caucus location, things were pretty hectic. But it was a great experience none the less, and literally a hundred or so new Democrats were registered to vote at my precinct alone (that voter-registrar training we did last year helped again!). Some of the new voters were high school students, other [...]

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  Bloomberg - Hagel...done

  Posted: February 9th, 2008, 8:30am CST

  The New York Times and CNBC are reporting that the potential Presidential campaign of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is essentially done-for. Their source? Chuck Hagel. It seems that Hagel is telling any and all that with the emergence of John McCain as the Republican nominee, the odds of Bloomberg getting in the campaign have diminshed greatly -- since
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  Barack Ilyich Obama

  Posted: February 8th, 2008, 9:15am CST

  So watching Barack Hussein Obama (that's what Nebraska hero Bob Kerrey calls him, right?) in Omaha yesterday, we got the chills! First he came out to the roaring crowd, got up there and talked about HOPE! and CHANGE! and pioneers and Abraham Lincoln and beating the Redcoats at Lexington and Concord! And we were all like, "Yeah! Damn those Redcoats!" And we were pretty pumped up about this Obama
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  Kerrey for Hillary

  Posted: February 7th, 2008, 5:00pm CST

  Kerrey for Hillary
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  Nebraska Caucusers: Look at us! Look at us!

  Posted: February 7th, 2008, 10:10am CST

  While the Nebraska Dems have been crowing about how the Nebraska caucuses are essentially like having ESPN's Game Day come in for the Nebraska-USC game, it has turned out to be more like the Big XII Game of the Week. Think Nebraska vs Baylor. (Barack being Nebraska and Chelsea being Baylor.) Oh sure there are some TV cameras around, and the TV stations have gotten a little richer by having
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  Has Hillary quit on the Nebraska caucuses?

  Posted: February 6th, 2008, 11:40am CST

  Word from various news sources is that Hillary Clinton has essentially conceded the Saturday, February 9th, caucuses and primary, including Nebraska's, to Barack Obama. In a conference call with reporters, a Hillary campaign official conceded that Obama was "favored" in all three on Saturday, but that she could win both Ohio and Texas! In other words, she still doesn't care about the little
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  Tony's all in

  Posted: February 4th, 2008, 12:25pm CST

  One-month-old-Democrat Tony Raimondo announced today that he is filing for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He said that he will be doing a fly-around tour later this month. Taking a jab, apparently, at Mike Johanns, the 68 year old Raimondo said he will, "fight against the career politicians who unwittingly stifle innovation, economic opportunity and development." Then agian, maybe
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  How much for your Nebraska caucus vote?

  Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:30am CST

  How much for your Nebraska caucus vote?
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  Rest in Peace, Jan Terry

  Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:30am CST

  Rest in Peace, Jan Terry

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  The Obama Surge

  Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 6:10pm CST by tyler

  In 38 hours, polls open on the east coast for the biggest, most watched primary contest in American history. There was a spate of new polls out this morning, and the results are clear - the Democratic race is breaking for Obama, and strongly. First off, the biggest prize - California, and its 441 delegates: Clinton - [...]
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  Air Force Veteran Weighing Run For Congress

  Posted: January 30th, 2008, 7:31pm CST by Madison

  Bellevue resident and former Air Force captain Richard Carter is taking the first steps toward challenging Lee Terry today:  Omaha, Neb. - Richard N. Carter, a U.S. Air Force Reserve Captain with active duty combat experience in both Iraq and Afghanistan, will file Friday with the Federal Election Commission to form an exploratory committee. Carter, a [...]

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  Bizarro Nebraska

  Posted: January 30th, 2008, 9:00am CST

  Bizarro Nebraska
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  Raimondo "ready to file" for Senate

  Posted: January 28th, 2008, 12:45pm CST

  KMTV is reporting that Tony Raimondo is getting ready to file as a U.S. Senate candidate some time near February 5th (Super Tuesday). They say:Raimondo, who switched from the Republican Party to the Democrat Party last month tells Action 3 News his Senate plans are "moving forward." According to Raimondo: "I'm not ready to file yet, but I'm more enthused every day. I don't want to file on Super
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  Nebraska Caucus primer

  Posted: January 28th, 2008, 10:55am CST

  Nebraska Caucus primer
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  About your flair...

  Posted: January 24th, 2008, 10:30am CST

  About your flair...
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  Jon and Huck

  Posted: January 22nd, 2008, 11:00am CST

  Jon and Huck
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  Counting with Kleeb

  Posted: January 17th, 2008, 11:00am CST

  Counting with Kleeb
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  I wanna be like Mike

  Posted: January 15th, 2008, 2:00pm CST

  I wanna be like Mike

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  Fred Thompson: Last Chance for the Reagan Coalition?

  Posted: January 14th, 2008, 6:53pm CST by tyler

  Last week, I wrote about who the GOP wants the Democrats to nominate. If you want to know my conclusion and reasoning you’ll have to read the post; however, I will help you out by saying the name of said candidate starts with a “C” and rhymes with “Lenten.” This week, I’ll turn to their [...]
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  Welcome Back! 2008

  Posted: January 14th, 2008, 3:58pm CST by Madison

    Come join the UNO College Democrats Monday Nights @ 8 P.M. MBSC 3rd Floor, Council Room.   

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  Kleeb in the Balance

  Posted: January 11th, 2008, 11:30pm CST

  Kleeb in the Balance
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  Who's your POTUS?

  Posted: January 10th, 2008, 10:05am CST

  There was surprisingly very little press out of Norman, Oklahoma after the big Moderates Summit. Apparently many tried to NOT make it a coronation for Mike Bloomberg, and they succeeded to an extent. Being overshadowed by the Presidential primaries didn't help. And the Obama surge probably took some of the wind out of Bloomberg's sails. If Obama wins and McCain wins, there will be no room, or

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  Who does the GOP want?

  Posted: January 9th, 2008, 9:16pm CST by tyler

  In the wake of Hillary’s astounding victory (and by that I mean functional tie - 9 delegates for Clinton, 9 for Obama, and 4 for Edwards) in New Hampshire, one issue that seemed to help her was the electability factor. In the days following Iowa, Clinton garnered support by attacking Obama from the right, saying [...]
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  Episode II: Empire Strikes Back, Hillary Clinton wins New Hampshire

  Posted: January 8th, 2008, 10:44pm CST by Madison

  “I find your lack of faith disturbing.” But first, a recap of Episode IV: A New Hope, Obama wins Iowa… Barack Obama - 38% John Edwards - 30% HIllary Clinton - 29% The stage was set. The young junior hero from a strange planet called “Illionis” jumped onto the intergalatic stage as he took on Darth Vader and the [...]
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  Transition

  Posted: January 8th, 2008, 2:36pm CST by dave

  I took over the UNO Democrats Blog just over a year ago, and I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity. Starting today, the UNO Democrats Blog is going to go back to a team format, with Tyler, Madison, Jared, and others taking over blogging duties. It’s been real fun, but it’s only fair to hand the reins [...]
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  Johanns for Senate!!!

  Posted: January 7th, 2008, 2:29pm CST by tyler

  I have something to confess – I’ve been thinking of switching parties lately, or at least voting Republican in the coming Senatorial election. I know what you’re thinking, but honestly, the charisma and (pseudo-)enthusiasm of Mike Johanns has me hooked. Check out Johanns’ latest video: Powerful stuff. He might be a career politician who’s quit every [...]

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  ...in with the New

  Posted: January 6th, 2008, 11:15pm CST

  ...in with the New

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  2007 - A Year In Review

  Posted: December 31st, 2007, 8:23pm CST by dave

  Looking back at the year that was in 2007. January: 4: The new Democratic majority is sworn in and Nancy Pelosi is elected the first female Speaker of the House. 5: Lee Terry throws the first of many hissy-fits of the year on the House floor. 8: UNO Democrats hold our first meeting of the semester. 10: Bush lays out [...]

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  2007 Politician of the Year

  Posted: December 31st, 2007, 11:45am CST

  Last Year it was Dave Heineman, followed closely by Ernie Chambers. This year? An even tougher decision. But in the end, the Leavenworth Street 2007 Politician of the Year is... Jon Bruning It was a difficult choice for 2007's PotY. There were few specific "successes" in the off political year. There was a great deal of posturing, speechifying and jumping in and out. But after we looked at it,

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  Merry Xmas UNO Dems & Frm. Prez. Renner… a Bright Idea Shines

  Posted: December 28th, 2007, 8:10pm CST by john

  I’ve been meaning to blog this for a few days… An issue which former UNO Dems President Ryan Renner spent a lot of time working on, and which the UNO Dems adopted as a pet project a few years ago seems to have hit the big time in the recent Democratic Congress’ energy bill. The [...]
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  Happy Festivus!!

  Posted: December 23rd, 2007, 5:55pm CST by dave

  Air your grievances here.

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  Quotes of 2007

  Posted: December 20th, 2007, 11:10pm CST

  Quotes of 2007
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  Nominations for Politician of the Year

  Posted: December 19th, 2007, 3:10pm CST

  Nominations for Politician of the Year

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  The State of the Race

  Posted: December 19th, 2007, 2:10am CST by dave

  Been a while since I posted something about the national race, and things have changed a lot in the past few months. Here’s a rundown for those of you just tuning in. The Democrats: 15 days out from Iowa, and the top three look neck-and-neck in the Hawkeye state. Hillary Clinton: If she can’t win Iowa, she needs [...]

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  What's Tony waiting for?

  Posted: December 17th, 2007, 4:45pm CST

  What's Tony waiting for?
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  Democrats need not apply

  Posted: December 14th, 2007, 8:25am CST

  Democrats need not apply
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  Heineman for Mitt

  Posted: December 13th, 2007, 9:35am CST

  Heineman for Mitt
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  Will the Democrats have a Senate primary?

  Posted: December 12th, 2007, 9:25am CST

  Will the Democrats have a Senate primary?
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  A little break, courtesy of CNN

  Posted: December 8th, 2007, 8:30am CST

  A little break, courtesy of CNN
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  Tragedy at Westroads

  Posted: December 5th, 2007, 9:01pm CST

  Tragedy at Westroads

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  Scott Kleeb: Moments

  Posted: December 4th, 2007, 2:29am CST by dave

Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics

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  Gel-Head Cheese

  Posted: December 4th, 2007, 12:01am CST

  Gel-Head Cheese
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  Rant and Rave

  Posted: November 30th, 2007, 10:45am CST

  Rant and Rave

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  Tony Raimondo, Lifelong Republican

  Posted: November 29th, 2007, 5:23pm CST by dave

  Just let his own words speak for him. Behlen Manufacturing chair Tony Raimondo (R) said he realized when ex-Ag. Sec./ex-Gov. Mike Johanns (R) entered the race, he wouldn’t be able to raise the money needed to get the GOP nod. Raimondo: “Especially when the governor endorsed him, I think the Republican primary closed up. … I [...]
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  Maybe We Need Another Golden Flip-Flop For Tony?

  Posted: November 29th, 2007, 12:26am CST by dave

  I cannot imagine, a month after giving a tongue-in-cheek award to Jon Bruning for changing parties due to political convenience and ambition, defending that same ambition just because the candidate happens to be switching to my party. Joe Jordan tells us - after getting a weak-ass response from state chair Steve Achelpohl - that [...]

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  Who's Leading Who?

  Posted: November 27th, 2007, 11:05am CST

  Who's Leading Who?
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  Post-Bruning

  Posted: November 21st, 2007, 2:10am CST

  Post-Bruning

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  Bruning Out; More On Raimondo…

  Posted: November 20th, 2007, 6:45pm CST by dave

  Well, I was wrong. Jon Bruning is dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate. While publically his supporters will claim that Bruning was forced out by the D.C. establishment, I will maintain that it was clearly the Nebraska Young Democrats “Fallen Star” Award that destroyed his candidacy. Yeah, we may have received only a [...]
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  NE-Sen: DSCC Recruiting Failed Bush Nominee

  Posted: November 19