Archive for May, 2007



A Tale Of Two Mayors

Former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub, as expected, announced his plans to enter the 2008 Senate race this morning.
But quite unexpected was Daub’s refusal to shut the door on a Senate bid should Hagel decide to seek reelection. In our clearest indication yet that the Nebraska Republican Party may be ready to move on from […]

Hal Daub’s Ready To Lose Another Election

KMTV is reporting that that former Omaha Mayor and three time electoral loser Hal Daub is going to enter the Senate race on Tuesday, announcing the formation of an exploratory committee to run in case Chuck Hagel decides against seeking reelection.
Daub, then a Congressman from Nebraska’s 2nd District, unsuccessfully challenged David Karnes for the Republican […]

I Agree With Rudy Giuliani…

Wait. Did I really just say that?
Yeah. In case you missed it, Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani decided this week that he is going to run as a pro-choice Republican:
After months of conflicting signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, […]

Kerrey the Headliner (and Other Senate Notes)

The Nebraska Democratic Party has announced that Senator Bob Kerrey will be the keynote speaker at the annual Morrison-Exon Dinner June 23rd in Omaha. This was one of many rumors floating around last week that caused me to reassess my take on the Democratic field. Now, it’s not always accurate to divine someone’s intentions from […]

Meanwhile, in the Unicam…

It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at the unicameral (the folks over at Paging Power do a great job of that), but a few things have happened recently which are rather important, so I figured it merited our attention here.
First there’s LB 367, the “tax cut” package. While it’s not quite as […]

Blank Checks and Spoiled Children

The new House Democratic proposal to end the war in Iraq offers major concessions to the President: there is no timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Instead, the proposal temporarily funds the war through July (though the money to fund the war through July is already in the pipeline). It no longer includes the funds […]

What Did Lee Terry Learn In Iraq?

Deepest apologies for being a week late with this analysis, but I couldn’t let Lee Terry’s Iraq visit go unnoticed.
Here’s a sample of Lee Terry’s in-depth reaction to the situation in Iraq:
“Some politicians in Washington wrongly believe they should declare Iraq a lost cause and broadcast a false message that demoralizes our troops and emboldens […]