The moment we Nebraskans have been crossing our fingers over for so long that we nearly went blind is finally here! Bob Kerry has informed Democrats to inform MSNBC to inform people to inform people from Nebraska that he has decided to run for the Senate seat that Nebraskans allowed Ben Nelson to occupy for twelve years. For those broken hearted Democrats that have longed for this day, after being rejected so many times for better opportunies, Bob is apparently ready to scrape the bottom of the barrel and give us his representation.
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Nebraska: Redistricting rides to final vote
May 24, 2011A Democrat-led filibuster of a congressional redistricting plan was headed off Monday, but only after one sick senator received a ride to the State Capitol and another returned from work in an Omaha courtroom.
The 33-15 vote to end the filibuster — the bare minimum needed — allowed the GOP-dominated Nebraska Legislature to advance a plan that would move eastern Sarpy County, including Bellevue and Offutt Air Force Base, out of its longtime home in the Omaha-centered 2nd Congressional District.
Nebraska redistricting plan for electoral districts filibustered
May 23, 2011State Sen. Russ Karpisek of Wilber has expressed a concern that we are all very worried about. We all want to give Democratic candidates in the 1st District a fairer chance at being elected. It’s rare that you see a political candidate, even one at a local level, speak in such a partisan manner, and make that partisanship appear somehow C.S. (Common Sense). If Kaprisek were a first grade student talking about another first grade student sharing his blocks, I would tell him that he has to share his legos too. It’s not just selfish if someone else doesn’t share, I would tell little Russy, it’s also selfish if you don’t share. I would then define partisanship for him and tell him that when Democrats act in a partisan manner, that is also considered partisanship. As I’ve learned many times, it’s tough to read tone in print. Kaprisek may have been laughing his tail off when he said all this, but I’ll just have to read the words and decide for myself whether he was serious or not.
Nebraska A.G. defends Arizona illegal immigrant law
July 16, 2010Liberals made questioning motives a part-time job during the Bush administration. In an effort to be consistent, we must then question the motives of the Obama Administration. Hispanics voted for Obama in the 2008 presidential election by a 67% to 31% margin. Hispanics are currently registered Democrat over Republican by a margin of 57% to 23%. Would the Obama administration’s DOJ still be lax in its attempts to curb illegal immigration if the poll numbers on Hispanics were reversed? If one argues that the DOJ and the administration genuinely believe that legalizing illegal citizens by way of amnesty is the right thing to do, regardless of the poll numbers, one has to wonder if they would take that belief a step further to a lawsuit against a state if the poll numbers were reversed.
Tom Osborne, the Big 10, and Politics and Football
June 11, 2010Most people do not know that there was some politics that happened prior to the formation of the Big 12. I do not profess to know everything that happened in the closed door conferences but I know what I know, and I can only speculate about the rest.
