Random Ramblings and notes for you on a Friday:

• The Douglas County Democratic Party got some good all around press coverage for the 2008 caucus. More from our own Catherine Leo at the NDP here. Kyle discusses the Republican response here.
• In case you missed it: Jon Bruning blatantly ignores campaign finance laws and pays for a newspaper ad with soft money.
• Lincoln City Councilman Dan Marvin is running for state legislature, for the seat that will be vacated by DiAnna Schimek.
• Ben Nelson says it’s time to change course in Iraq, and the surge isn’t working.
• Chuck Hagel may be making an announcement in the next couple of weeks announcing his retirement, but I’d venture a guess that it won’t be on a Saturday.
• State Senator Mick Mines makes it another potential legislative target in Douglas County, announcing his resignation from the unicameral - District 18.
• Mike Lux of Open Left writes on Bob Kerrey and Scott Kleeb’s potential plans for 2008, saying that Kerrey for Senate is generally a good thing, and that Kleeb’s probably going to shoot for a rematch against Adrian Smith.
• Last week, Lee Terry called for Larry Craig to resign. No word from Adrian Smith yet on what he thinks of Senator Craig’s behavior.
• The Nebraska GOP is already trying to attack Kerrey’s voting record. Not sure such a strategy will work since it only serves to remind voters that Bob Kerrey has a record. Experienced Leader versus Partisan Hack, Round 2? One thing Jon Bruning doesn’t have that Ricketts did is the boatload of cash.
• Speaking of Ricketts, it seems that he’s angling to be the new National Committeeman for the Nebraska Republican Party, after Hal Daub resigned the post. Ricketts seems ready and willing to buy the Nebraska Republican Party. And given his track record of electoral success, I’m sure that he’ll achieve great things in the future.