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  • Senate to take up Terry plan?

    Number of comments: 7
    Weeks ago, Nebraska Congressman Lee Terry proposed that U.S. citizens be able to buy into the same health care option that Members of Congress have.Now, it seems, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thinks it's a good idea as well.Terry's plan...The Simple Universal Healthcare (SUH) Plan, HR 3937, creates a [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:15pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Googling Ben Nelson

    Number of comments: 12
    Google came out with their list of top Senators searched for in 2009, and placing #2 was..."Nelson"!Ben, right? Well, that's what Don Walton said in the LJS this morning. But not according to the New York Times who state that it was Senator BILL Nelson of Florida and not Ben [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:15am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Uncle KENO stops paying for ballpark

    Number of comments: 35
    Just a R/T (as it were) of Joe Jordan's Nebraska Watchdog story on the KENO funds drop. KENO funds, you see, are one of the main money sources for the brand spankin' new TDAmeritrade Stadium.(Read the whole thing here.)Here's the kicker from Jordan:City officials predicted that Keno revenue would drop' [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:33am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • More Health Care ads

    Number of comments: 8
    Latest spot to influence Ben Nelson.This by "Keeping Small Business Healthy", a project run by the advocacy group "Institute for Liberty".See it here:Pretty straightforward.By the way that's:Rick Bettger, Owner of three House of Mufflers & Brakes.Lisa Marks, Owner of On Your Marks, marketing company.Jay Turco, Owner of Tuffy Auto Service' [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Total Suttle Recall...

    Number of comments: 133
    This is sort of a non-story, but it's Thanksgiving morning, so you get what you get and you don't complain...Channel 6 is reporting about...a phone survey.Yup, that's their top story. SOMEONE is calling with questions about recalling Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle.No info on who the survey company is.No info on' [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:20am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • T.Y.

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    A quick moment, before the parades begin and the eventual tryptophan coma, to say...Thank You!...to all Leavenworth Street readers.We appreciate all you clicks and comments (well, for the most part).Thanks for coming back time and again, and we'll keep doing our best here.Gobble! Gobble!' [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:00am EST
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  • New ad to pressure Johanns?

    Number of comments: 3
    During the news hours last night, and probably today, you may have noticed the new ad out against Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns on health care re-form.If not, see it here:We always chuckle a little when they talk about not allowing "debate", as if they are a bunch of high school [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:50am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • New ad to pressure Nelson

    Number of comments: 47
    A group called the 60 Plus Association is spending 2 million bucks on ads in Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota...and Nebraska focusing on the Health Care re-form bill and cuts to Medicare. 60 Plus calls itself, "the conservative alternative to the AARP". The spot starts [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:10pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Nellie's next move

    Number of comments: 7
    Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is back in Nebraska talking to "folks" about the Health Care Re-form bill in the Senate.You may remember that Nelson voted for cloture on the bill so it could proceed to floor debate. He has been criticized by the state GOP as well as Nebraska's other [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:40am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • EBN vs MJ?

    Number of comments: 139
    Interesting turns as the Senate's version of the Health Care Re-Form has gone public.For one, Nebraska's Senior Senator, E. Ben Nelson said that the abortion language is not up to snuff:"I think you need to have it eminently clear that no dollars that are federal tax dollars, directly or indirectly," [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:40pm EST
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  • LT: Busted! But then what...

    Number of comments: 72
    Let's get it out of the way: 2nd District Congressman Lee Terry got busted for inserting some verbatim copy from a lobbyist into the Congressional Record.Yup. No way around it.So from there, it becomes a purely political issue. How does he react? What is stated. Who "wins"?Well, let's look at [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:10pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Tom White: "AYE!" on ObamaCare

    Number of comments: 108
    Tom White has officially staked out his position:He would have voted AYE (that's Yes, kids) on the recent House of Representatives Health Care re-form bill.Note that:Lee Terry (R), voted Nay.Ben Nelson (D), said he would have voted NayThe bill is D.O.A. in the Senate.Mike Johanns, Jeff Fortenberry and Adrian Smith [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:40am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Separated at Birth...

    Number of comments: 14
    Sometimes you have to suffer the slings and arrows -- from both sides -- for the sake of art.So we give you a Friday afternoon Separated at Birth:Sarah Palin, Going Rogue and Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin... [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:25pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • MoveOn.org calls Terry names

    Number of comments: 21
    MoveOn.org has a new ad up -- no word if it's TV or just web (we're now hearing web-only) -- against Lee Terry on the House Health Care re-form bill vote.See it here:So here's the thing: You know how the Sierra Club, or whatever they are, re-named themselves "Bold Nebraska"' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:10pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • GOP taking Nelson to task

    Number of comments: 65
    We talked yesterday about Ben Nelson's plans for voting on health care, and what the repurcussions are on the procedural votes.Well the RNC plans on taking this issue directly to the people of Nebraska with a new ad.See it here:In case you can't see the vid, here's the text:Remember this?Senator' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:20am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Anti-Terry forces out early

    Number of comments: 24
    A pan-Eco group has launched an attack on various Republicans across Congress, and have included Representative Lee Terry in their sights."Bold Nebraska", a branch or a wing or comrade of a group called "Clean Energy Works", has placed an ad-buy in the Omaha market.(And of course this is on the [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:15pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Nelson: "I wouldn't have voted for House bill"

    Number of comments: 26
    ABC's Jonathan Karl interviewed Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson aboard the Capitol subway system -- the totally unnecessary train that goes back and forth between the Senate office buildings and the Capitol.Click here or below to watch (new ABC window opens):In the interview (where they must have just gone back and [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:00am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Veterans Day

    Number of comments: 4
    We thank all of our Veterans today for keeping us free. [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:20am EST
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  • Wall? What wall?

    Number of comments: 14
    From the comments section of the Politico:President's Obama's critics are being unfair and silly for complaining he didn't attend the ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Just look at the man's schedule, he had:a 10 a.m daily briefing from the intelligence community, a 10:30 a.m.' [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:55pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • OWH's ad-sense

    Number of comments: 19
    We're not sure how the OWH picks its online ads.When you look at the Adsense ads on the Leavenworth Street blog, they're automatically chosen by Google's supercomputers, associated with the content in the story (usually).So we cracked up a little in this OWH story about a criminal defendant in Douglas [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:35pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Keep your hands off MY council!

    Number of comments: 121
    Reenacting a scene from Planet of the Apes, Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle growled at Dave Heineman,"Keep your (stinkin') hands off MY Council (you damned dirty governor)!"Well, maybe he was only thinking the parentheticals.Or maybe he actually said it. Who knows, judging from the ridiculous words by the Mayor of Omaha' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:40am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Polling Nelson

    Number of comments: 61
    The "Progressive Change Campaign Committee" (at BoldProgressives.org!!!!) released a poll they did regarding opinions from Nebraskans on health care and Ben Nelson.The group -- who will no doubt change their name once the word "progressive" ceases being vogue -- is associated with the ultra-liberal Daily Kos blog. Basically their goal [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:05am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Another statewide Dem

    Number of comments: 123
    Fremont attorney and former Mutual of Omaha corporate counsel, Janet Stewart has said she'll enter the race for the Democrat nod for...Secretary of State.Man, those Dems do NOT like the job John Gale has done. I mean who WOULDN'T want to go after that so and so Gale!(Hmm? What?)Anywho, you [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • 2009 Halloween SABs

    Number of comments: 23
    You remember the junior version in 2006.Followed by the first full version in 2007.Then the blowout in 2008.Well, we give you, once again, the Annual Halloween Separated at Birth!This year, the Nebraska Congressional Delegation edition!First...1st District Representative Jeff Fortenberry and Fess Parker's Davy Crockett!Next...2nd District Representative Lee Terry and The [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • GOP on attack vs Lathrop

    Number of comments: 45
    In another of the Unicameral flies, the Nebraska GOP is not wasting any time going after state Senator Steve Lathrop.You may remember that for a while Lathrop was considered to be the leading Democratic candidate to take on Governor Dave Heineman. Instead Lathrop decided to simply run for re-election in [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Rogert: I like cheese

    Number of comments: 24
    For those of you following the saga of Democrat state Senator Kent Rogert, Joe Jordan's Nebraska Watchdog has another update.Jordan first broke the story (somehow) that Rogert, from Tekamah, hadn't paid the sales tax on his speed boat by claiming that he is a "boat dealer". If he is a' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Daub talks down street name

    Number of comments: 50
    Statement from former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub (issued Friday evening):"With all the talk about street naming, it seems some people are talking about naming a street after me as well. Respectfully—but with regard to P.J. Morgan, Mike Boyle, and some good mayors who served Omaha faithfully and are now deceased—I" [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:55am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • MJ: Weekly GOP Address On Health Care

    Number of comments: 8
    Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns delivered the weekly GOP Address on Health Care. Here is the video and the transcript follows. Enjoy!“Hi, I'm Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska.“My Republican colleagues and I have a simple test for reforming health care: Will this legislation improve your life?“Here's what I mean: Americans face' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Hagel ditches the GOP

    Number of comments: 12
    If this ain't leaving the party, we don't know what is:[Former Nebraska Senator, Virginia resident, Chuck] Hagel was asked whether he would run as a Republican if he were to seek office again, a question the Nebraska native did not answer directly."I would run as Chuck Hagel. I always have," [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Lighten up...

    Number of comments: 0
    A few parting shots on your Friday...Did you know that we Twitter (Tweet? ), here on Leavenworth Street?Well, for those of you interested, you can "Follow" us at Twitter.com/LeavenworthSt.For those who don't or won't or can't or whatever, you can still read other people's Twittererers, by just following the link' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Another in Treasurer's race - good news for Don

    Number of comments: 12
    A third Republican candidate has entered the race to become state Treasurer.And that is good news for Don Stenberg.When former head of the Nebraska state patrol, Tom Nesbitt, entered the race yesterday, he immediately began taking votes away from state Senator Tony Fulton. Why?Because no one knows who Fulton is. [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:35am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Fahey Way?

    Number of comments: 32
    As noted on TV and in the fishwraps, there will likely be a proposal before the Omaha City Council to rename a street in North Downtown, near the new stadium, after former Mayor Mike Fahey.Interesting question as to whether or not Fahey should get such an honor, or whether other [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:30am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Dog Bites Man! (a Dem runs statewide...)

    Number of comments: 63
    In a shocking piece of news, a local Democrat has decided to run for a statewide office in Nebraska.Former Douglas County Democrat executive director Kris Pierce has decided he will challenge John Gale for the office of Secretary of State.Of course the funny part of all of this is that [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • First poll for Terry vs White (NE-2)

    Number of comments: 35
    We recently received results for a poll taken in the Nebraska 2nd Congressional District.The poll asked about the race between incumbent Republican Congressman Lee Terry and challenger, Democrat state Senator Tom White.The autodial poll asked 670 likely voters the following:If the election for Congress were held today, for whom would [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:15am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • What a difference...

    Number of comments: 52
    Remember a year ago?Remember the 2008 election cycle?Remember Democrats?The Dems were gathering en masse at 80 or 90 Obama HQs around town.They were registering to vote Democrat.They were giving Senator Obama their Electoral Vote.They were gonna CHANGE things for Dems in Nebraska!And about a year later?Hmm let's see...No candidate for [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Newspapers Attack!

    Number of comments: 10
    The newspaper biz is in a tough time these days. People read the news online, often don't purchase the paper, and the papers are late on scoops.So it's not been unusual to see the local papers skew from their standard storylines.Case in point: the recent criticism of Bo Pelini.Now we' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:30am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Who needs two!

    Number of comments: 13
    You'll remember a few weeks ago when Nebraska GOP Chairman Mark Fahleson placed a bounty, of sorts on Tom White's head.The reward for any good info an industrious citizen could find in White's financial filing would be two tickets to the Nebraska - Kansas State football game.After a brief amount' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:25am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Smith v Davis Round 1 Results

    Number of comments: 37
    While we're getting caught up in the 2nd District race we shouldn't forget about the fund raising in Nebraska's other two Congressional districts.In the 3rd District, Congressman Adrian Smith has so far raised $317,000 for the 2010 campaign, has $379,000 cash on hand, and raised $128,000 this quarter.His Democrat challenger, [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Terry v White Round 1 Results

    Number of comments: 111
    Democrat State Senator Tom White issued a release trumpeting his fund-raising results at the end of the 1st quarter for the 2010 2nd District Congressional campaign.Congressman Lee Terry has done the same.Let's look at the results:While Tom White declared that he has raised the most of any challenger for a [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • White straight-faced

    Number of comments: 41
    In an interview with Don Walton of the LJS, Democrat State Senator Tom White said that he would have voted for President Obama's 900 billion dollar "stimulus" bill.And then he says...He would work to "control spending";He would work to prevent "prevent new deficit spending";In his present job he'll "oppose any'" [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:45am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • BREAKING NEWS: Bond hates BBQ

    Number of comments: 18
    We received this photo from the Senator Mike Johanns press shop.It shows MJ receiving the booty from his bet with Missouri Senator Kit Bond -- a slab of ribs and bottle of barbecue sauce, after Nebraska's (fourth quarter) trouncing of Mizzou in the Columbia monsoon.The tragedy in this exchange?Bond hands [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Grind that Axel

    Number of comments: 36
    Finally (for the day), we chuckled a little about Obama White House guru David Axelrod's kvetching about the "new media" while in Lincoln the other day:New media, including cable TV news and the Internet, have distorted the public debate on health care and stoked the personal vitriol, Axelrod said."Instead of" [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 4:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Re-Pete

    Number of comments: 16
    The OWH actually acknowledged that a Nebraska "web-log" exists. (No, not this one, silly.)In a feature about Pete Ricketts's goings-on, they noted that Ricketts is financially involved with the Joe Jordan led "Nebraska Watchdog".And for what it's worth, they quote some-time Leavenworth Street contributor, political consultant Jordan McGrain, saying:"I don't'" [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Cosmic Bob opines

    Number of comments: 6
    Speaking of former Nebraska Senators who no longer live in Nebraska-- Bob Kerrey (the guy with the large melon, not the multi-million dollar walking bridge to a field in Council Bluffs) thinks it's great that President Obama got the Nobel Peace prize.See Kerrey thinks it is an award for all [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Hagel shilling for the WH

    Number of comments: 11
    You may have heard that former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel made a generic statement in favor of generic health care reform.He's in favor of it, see:"I urge all Members of Congress to put aside their narrow partisan differences and seize this moment for health care reform."Well, that's awfully bold of [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 1:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Dems in crisis

    Number of comments: 47
    Today we're going to try staggering the post topics into individual posts -- instead of lumping them all in one. They'll be updated throughout the day -- last one at 3:30pm Central. Please let us know which format you prefer.-Ed.Nebraska Democrat Chair Vic Covalt, talking about Governor Heineman's special session [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:25pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • ROCKtober

    Number of comments: 112
    Candidate wants to get money from the national GOP.Candidate can get it if he's on the list (that's good!).Candidate has to be on the vulnerable list (that's bad...).Being on the vulnerable list means your opponent looks tough (also bad...).But candidate gets more money, because he's on the list (but good!).And [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • My Rebe-antonia-kah

    Number of comments: 117
    We had posted a pic of Democrat 3rd District Congressional candidate Rebekah Davis the other day, noting the sort of random shot she has on the splash page of her website.Then, after thinking about it, we wondered what look she was going for. Pensive? Thoughtful? Wistful?Then it came to us: [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:15am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Oktoberfest

    Number of comments: 136
    Last week the NSEA -- the Nebraska teachers' union -- said they are endorsing Dave Heineman and Tom White in 2010.Hmm. OK. But, over a YEAR before the election? Really?Does this make it official that the Dems have NO ONE to go against Governor Dave? That they're not even going [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:35am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • September Morn

    Number of comments: 60
    We are still watching the machinations around the State Treasurer's race.As you know, former Attorney General Don Stenberg is committing to it, and is ready to go all out to win. (Though frankly, having been AG, and coming very close for U.S. Senate...Treasurer? Really?)Then there's state Senator Tony Fulton of [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper
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