NEBRASKA BLUE

Scott Kleeb continues to travel all over Nebraska meeting people, and building support from the grass roots, he spoke at a bowling party sponsored by Lincoln for Obama last night
at Madsen’s in Lincoln. As always Scott spent a lot of time just speaking one on one with the Obama supporters here listening to their views on what is important to them.

Everywhere he goes people are truly warming up to Scott as he plainly shows them
(in Person) that there is a different kind of candidate out there.

So I would call Scott’s chances still up and rising.

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His opponent Tony Raimondo however has a different view of campaigning for Nebraskan’s votes. Tony whipped out his checkbook and bought himself a slick new ad running on TV
in the Lincoln and Omaha area, showing him as a wonderful businessman and leader.
It’s a well done ad on the surface, right up to the point where you figure out that all
the people he shows in the ad are employee’s of HIS company, and a lot of them are
REPUBLICANS, who can’t vote for him in the primary. I have another view of Tony up on another Blog here on Blue… go there for more info. The Comments from the Journal Star’s comment section on his ad pretty much sums up Tony’s run…

Surprise, another bored businessman with a sense of entitlement, running TV ads. Really, who would vote for this guy? He has to realize he has no shot.

” If it talks like a Republican, works like a Republican, and has always been (until a few months ago) a Republican, I am pretty sure it is a Republican, irregardless of what it wants to call it self. I hope my fellow Democrats see right through you, Tony. I don’t care if he is friends with Ben Nelson, Mr. Raimondo will not represent the interests of NE democrats if elected. “

I am calling this farse the “Ricketts Campaign Part II” because just like back in 2006
we have a guy with a ton of money but no substance asking people to vote for him.

Ok so for Tony we call it down, mainly for the above reasons and the fact that it will
take more people than he employs to get him a win, and that’s about all the supporters
he has in Nebraska right now.

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Lee Terry is running scared of his Democratic opponents Jim Esch and Richard Carter.

http://newnebraska.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=881

Considering Lee’s record of doing nothing in DC all these years is coming home to haunt him.
And the fact that he won his last race by a thin margin, and the state and nantional GOP
party is providing him with darn little help, yeah Lee is worried.

Dave has a really good read on Lee:

Lee Terry is frightened that he might lose this race. He’s frightened because in his 10 years in office, he has done nothing for the people of Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. He has taken the people of Omaha, Bellevue, Papillion, and LaVista for granted. He has shown a complete lack of leadership, and indeed an aversion to the responsibility of leadership.

I had an opportunity last year to speak with Lee Terry in one of my political science classes. He was asked by one student what was different about being in the minority as opposed to the majority. His response was telling; A quote that I wish I had documentation for, because it so encapsulates his philosophy of government. “Being in the minority,” he said, “frees you from the responsibility to lead.”

The responsibility to lead. Fitting for a five-term Congressman without any legislative accomplishments. No wonder he’s scared.

Both Jim Esch and Richard Carter look to have a great chance to send Lee packing home from DC in the fall.

Between the two, I would call an edge in this race for Jim Esch since Rich is a relative
unknown while Jim has more name recognition. Either one would be an excellent replacement for Mr. Terry who’s record is plainly pretty lame.

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Let see who else should be scared…

Well first up there is Mikey Johanns, who’s record of actually doing anything in DC as AG Secretary except steer big bucks to the Agribusinesses is non existant.
But WAIT!!! Mikey was ninth in line to be president (GOD FORBID)..

http://newnebraska.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=846

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Jeff Fortenberry is probably the most comfortable of the current GOP incumbents
as his Democratic opponent Max Yashirin is pretty much an underdog starting from
the ground up, while Jeff “The Hairdo” has a well oiled machine.

Jeffy has actually
gotten out the last couple of years and held town halls and spoken to Local Nebraskan’s
about the issues before going back to DC and voting the party line, so he at least has
the appearance of representing the best interests of the people that elected him.

But then again, here’s to hoping he keeps that 1980’s Bouffant hairdo he sports, that alone will cost him 10 points in the race….

But then again… hold on.. Fellow Veteran and all around great guy Bob Kerry
just jumped in to help Max run a good race against Jeffy..

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/04/09/news/local/doc47fd60fd48487158408628.txt
(And Jeff’s campaign teams response was probably, “UH OH"….)

Time to worry Jeff…. this isn’t 1980 and people don’t want more of the same.

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And then the last Good old Adrian Smith from the 3rd district, who’s miserable record on
every issue important to Nebraska Families will make him TOAST in his next run, because he won’t have George Bush to come stump for him like happened last time.
I have been told Adrian isn’t smart enough to be scared, but we will have to wait for another day when he has to run again, to judge for ourselves.

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Oh and John Bruning should be worried too, since all the press he has gotten lately seems to be not making him look very good.

He isn’t planning on running on his record is he?
http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/04/04/news/politics/doc47f6892322eb5579665335.txt

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/04/09/news/local/doc47fd5b0fc279f053269110.txt

Here’s a relevant comment about John…

” Uhmm…the Nebraska Supreme Court struck down the State’s method of execution because it violated the NEBRASKA Constitution. Thats the NEBRASKA Constitution Jon not the US Constitution.

Nice bit of chest thumping Jon. Whatever grade you got in Constitutional Law should be lowered about 4 points. “