Archive for October, 2006

Kleeb Gets Huge Boost from DCCC

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 […]

Omaha World-Herald Endorses More Democrats

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 […]

Live-Blogging Jim Esch @ UNO

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 […]

Exon Expressway

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 […]

Live Blogging David Hahn Meeting W/ UNO Democrats

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 […]

7 Political Ads Worth Watching

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 […]

Dena Kowal Distorts the Truth

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 […]