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  Kleeb Gets Huge Boost from DCCC

  Posted: October 31st, 2006, 7:59pm CST by chief

  One day after the Kleeb campaign released to the press internal polling data indicating he was ahead of Adrian Smith among likely voters, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee decided to make a sizable media buy.

  You can read an analysis of the poll over at Daily Kos and if you’re desperate for more analysis, you can check out Leavenworth Street.

  Outside observers should always be suspicious of internal polls, but there are a few reasons to be optimistic that this race is a dead heat.

  1) The DCCC is spending $100,000 to buy TV ads in the 3rd District. You don’t usually see them come in unless they think there is a shot of winning.

  2) Club for Growth is dumping another $80,000 into the race for Adrian Smith. Club for Growth wouldn’t be spending more money if they thought the race was over.

  It looks like this race could go down to the wire.

  Fight for 3rd District intensifies - Omaha World-Herald

  Dems buy TV time for Kleeb in Nebraska’s 3rd District - Kearney Hub

  Sensing that Democrat Scott Kleeb has a legitimate chance to win Nebraska’s 3rd District congressional seat, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has bought $100,000 worth of TV ads to help him beat Republican state Sen. Adrian Smith.

  The move comes as Republicans are scaling back television advertising in three highly contested races in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Ohio.

  In contrast, Democrats are expanding the number of districts where they are advertising - including Nebraska’s 3rd.

  

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  Omaha World-Herald Endorses More Democrats

  Posted: October 31st, 2006, 2:08pm CST by chief

  Douglas County government would be full of Democrats if the Omaha World-Herald had their way. Today, the World-Herald endorsed Don Kleine for Douglas County attorney over the incumbent Stu Dornan. Yesterday, the World-Herald encouraged voters to re-elect Roger Morrissey for Douglas County assessor. On Wednesday, the OWH endorsed Democrat John Ewing for [...]
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  Live-Blogging Jim Esch @ UNO

  Posted: October 30th, 2006, 12:37pm CST by john

  Hey there folks- I’m sitting here in the UNO Nebraska Room with 90 of my fellow College Democrats and students interested in hearing more about Jim Esch. There have been at least 20 people in and out in just the last 10 minutes, I’m estimating around 120 people at least, and we’re not even half-way [...]
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  Exon Expressway

  Posted: October 24th, 2006, 4:04pm CDT by chief

  Name change considered for Dodge Expressway - Omaha World-Herald Someday drivers might talk about taking the Exon home, or businesses might say they’re located just off the Exon. A state board will consider naming the West Dodge Expressway as the Exon Expressway in honor of the late J.J. Exon, the former Nebraska governor and U.S. senator. The Nebraska [...]
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  Live Blogging David Hahn Meeting W/ UNO Democrats

  Posted: October 23rd, 2006, 8:17pm CDT by john

  Gubinatorial Candidate David Hahn is here w/ the UNO Democrats to share his vision for where our great state needs to go. and could go, under his leadership. To learn more about David Hahn in general go here. David Hahn’s Biography Highlights from tonight’s meeting: 8:08pm “We are the 6th highest state in possible [...]
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  7 Political Ads Worth Watching

  Posted: October 22nd, 2006, 7:07pm CDT by chief

  The New York Times did an article about 7 Campaign Ads Worth Watching. One of those ads was Scott Kleeb’s “Rancher” ad. You can watch a cool video about the article at the NYT website. If you want to read the article online, you need to be a paying member of New York Times [...]
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  Dena Kowal Distorts the Truth

  Posted: October 21st, 2006, 7:12pm CDT by chief

  If you want to see coverage of the race between Ben Nelson and Pete Ricketts, then there are a variety of outlets you can turn to. But I thought I would write a little bit about a race down the ticket, the race for the most thankless job in city government - Douglas County [...]
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  Website Update

  Posted: October 19th, 2006, 10:51pm CDT by ryan r

  If you’ve been to the UNO College Democrats Blog before, then you’ll notice things look a little different. If you’ve been a loyal reader of our blog since 2004, then you may recall my post about the University of Nebraska - Omaha redesigning its website. If you’re a youngster (freshman/sophomore), you may not remember the [...]
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  World-Herald Endorses Scott Kleeb

  Posted: October 14th, 2006, 5:30pm CDT

  A pleasant October surprise for Scott Kleeb came in the form of an endorsement from Nebraska’s largest newspaper. In an 800 word endorsement that will appear in the Omaha World-Herald tomorrow, the newspaper not only builds up Kleeb and presents a strong case for supporting him, they also explain why Adrian Smith, his opponent, [...]
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  Vote

  Posted: October 13th, 2006, 11:50am CDT

  This is my first blog post. I’m not sure I really even should post, since I got the access as the tech chair… But hey, why not? The Get Out The Vote (GOTV) initiative has begun and gone into momentum with the UNO College Democrats. Our goals are to ID and register voters and [...]
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  For just a moment…

  Posted: October 10th, 2006, 3:00pm CDT

  (posted by Madison. Written by UNODems Community Chair Brandon Bone) After a day of registering voters and a night of college democrats, I felt compelled to write another blog. I’m not sure if this is going to become a frequent occurrence for me. I digress. I want to write about the political climate over the last [...]
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  For just a moment…

  Posted: October 10th, 2006, 3:00pm CDT by Madison

  (posted by Madison. Written by UNODems Community Chair Brandon Bone) After a day of registering voters and a night of college democrats, I felt compelled to write another blog. I’m not sure if this is going to become a frequent occurrence for me. I digress. I want to write about the political climate over the last [...]
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  Bruning’s New Public Service Announcement

  Posted: October 5th, 2006, 3:14pm CDT

  In television commercials over the past several months, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has been warning parents about child predators online. With recent events, Bruning has decided to update the commercial. Take a look at the newest commercial to hit the airwaves in Nebraska. DISCLAIMER: Ok, Bruning didn’t actually approve this newly updated commercial, [...]
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  Jon Bruning Strokes His Own Ego

  Posted: October 5th, 2006, 12:35pm CDT

  Apparently Jon Bruning has decided that television commercials can be used for more than just protecting kids from child predators (and congressmen). Although he doesn’t have a challenger from the Democratic Party in his race for Attorney General, Bruning is launcing a state-wide advertising blitz. Attorney General Jon Bruning’s re-election campaign began airing [...]
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  Political Commercials Open Thread

  Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 1:05pm CDT

  The Pete Ricketts Deceptive Commercial blog post has become pretty popular. I thought I would create an open-thread in which people can discuss any of the political commercials on television. I’ve posted links below to the pages on each candidate’s website that has their commercials. Feel free to waste away your day viewing them: Pete [...]
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  Political Commercials Open Thread

  Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 1:05pm CDT by chief

  The Pete Ricketts Deceptive Commercial blog post has become pretty popular. I thought I would create an open-thread in which people can discuss any of the political commercials on television. I’ve posted links below to the pages on each candidate’s website that has their commercials. Feel free to waste away your day viewing them: Pete [...]
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  Family Values?: Republican Leadership Protects a Sexual Predator

  Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:16pm CDT

  On Friday, Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress as a result of sexually explicit messages he sent to underage House pages over the internet. In a long series of Washington scandals, governmental screw-ups, and outright tragedies that the Republican Congress has overlooked, this is the most universally appalling. We can have legitimate differences of [...]
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  Family Values?: Republican Leadership Protects a Sexual Predator

  Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:16pm CDT by Madison

  On Friday, Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress as a result of sexually explicit messages he sent to underage House pages over the internet. In a long series of Washington scandals, governmental screw-ups, and outright tragedies that the Republican Congress has overlooked, this is the most universally appalling. We can have legitimate differences of [...]