blognetnews.com
» Nebraska
A A A

politics Blogs

  • EBN vs MJ?

    —Leavenworth Street

    Number of comments: 92
    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," [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:40pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • LT: Busted! But then what...

    —Leavenworth Street

    Number of comments: 71
    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:10pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Tom White: "AYE!" on ObamaCare

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:40am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Separated at Birth...

    —Leavenworth Street

    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... [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:25pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • MoveOn.org calls Terry names

    —Leavenworth Street

    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"' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:10pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • GOP taking Nelson to task

    —Leavenworth Street

    Number of comments: 64
    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:20am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Anti-Terry forces out early

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:15pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

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

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:00am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Veterans Day

    —Leavenworth Street

    Number of comments: 4
    We thank all of our Veterans today for keeping us free. [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:20am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Wall? What wall?

    —Leavenworth Street

    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.' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 10, 2009, 5:55pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • OWH's ad-sense

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:35pm EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Keep your hands off MY council!

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:40am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Polling Nelson

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:05am EST
    by Street Sweeper

  • Another statewide Dem

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • 2009 Halloween SABs

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • GOP on attack vs Lathrop

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 27, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Rogert: I like cheese

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:45pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Daub talks down street name

    —Leavenworth Street

    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" [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:55am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • MJ: Weekly GOP Address On Health Care

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 24, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Hagel ditches the GOP

    —Leavenworth Street

    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," [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Lighten up...

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:15pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

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

    —Leavenworth Street

    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. [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:35am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Fahey Way?

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:30am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

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

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 21, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

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

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:15am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • What a difference...

    —Leavenworth Street

    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 [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Newspapers Attack!

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:30am EDT
    by Street Sweeper

  • Who needs two!

    —Leavenworth Street

    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' [...]
     | Rate | Archive
    Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:25am EDT
    by Street Sweeper
← of talk →

Search Nebraska Political Blogs

Hot Topics

More »

Get the latest Nebraska posts by email


Daily Hourly

BNN by date

» Get the full Nebraska Feed

» Get the Nebraska » politics Feed

» Follow BNN Nebraska on Twitter

» Get the Nebraska Headline Widget

» Nebraska Politicial Blogwire

» Nebraska Politicial Blogs Dashboard

» Nebraska Politicial Blogs Directory

Powered by FeedBurner