After the initial disappointment of last night’s result, this is turning into a hell of a race. Political geeks everywhere are going to be glued to their television sets on February 5.

What is Ben Nelson thinking? Our esteemed Senator has made some staffing changes in Washington and in doing so has brought on board a member of planned parenthood who also happens to be a homosexual. I don’t mean to be discriminatory, I only ask because I voted for a man who is pro-life and does not support gay marriage, so what’s going on?? We can only guess what kind of agenda this new scheduler, Amy Cotton, will have.

What ever happened to America? It is supposed to be the land of the free, but everywhere I turn I hear people raging on those that are different for no good reason. No one has ever been able to argue for discrimination because it is inherently bad.

Just wondering why there are no nubmbers for Edwards. We do still have three candidates running for President. Also there are several things going on to get the word out about the caucuses. There have been press conferences and a number of articles in the OMW and the LJS.

Also a non partisan coaliton in north Omaha is holding caucus informational meetings at north high school from 9:30 to 10:30 am every saturday until the caucus. I have done cable access shows on channel 22 and will do more to get the word out.

I encourage everyone to write letters to the editor. Also another group that I work with are planning to a lit drop to several thousand homes in north Omaha a democrat stronghold to get the word out. As well as visibilty the day of the caucus.

Also, I hate him with a passion. I think populism is pure demagoguery; it sets up a false dilemma, appeals to the lowest common denominator, causes social divisions, and is overall an embarrassment to the party and progressivism. Not one good thing has ever come out of populism, but lots of poverty, misery, death, and despair have been produced by populist regimes throughout history. Honestly, if he makes one more reference to “corporations,” as if the word is an epithet, I’m going to punch a kitten. Yes, corporations have too much political power. The surest way to end the power of corporations is to take away the pie the government puts out there for them to get their sticky little fingers in, not to bash those that make the perfectly logical, legal choice of taking a bite over the head.

He’s also disingenuous; if he really cared about the people he’s supposedly “fighting for,” he’d sell his aircraft carrier-sized mansion and donate it, not insist that others pony up their cash so he can pacify his latent guilt. And I’m sure he has plenty of that - spending your career taking money from others will do that to you. Maybe if he’d actually earned anything he has (or even just taken the time to read a few chapters in an economics text), he’d be more concerned about lifting up the poor, rather than destroying the rich. But that doesn’t matter to him. Socialists - particularly champagne socialists - like Edwards don’t and never have given a damn about the plight of those that have too little; they care only about making sure no one has too much.

Finally, his knee-jerk opposition (likely due to his own latent insecurities) to trade and “outsourcing” make it impossible for him to see the bigger picture on this extremely important issue. His position can be summed up as follows: “look, I know what I know, I know about the mills and the factories that shut down - don’t bother me with the facts.” This can only be indicative of 1) pure, unadulterated economic stupidity, or 2) Machiavellian cynicism of the highest order.

So yeah, there’s a very brief description of why I didn’t mention Edwards. I hate him and demagogues like him, whether they’re on the left or the right - what else is there to say?

I tend to agree with Keith. I don’t think that we will have a clear leader by Feb5. My personal preference is for Edwards. I think that any politican that isn’t talking about poverty and the growing infuence of corporations is being disingenous.

I also think calling labor organizatios and 527 lobbyist and the problem with washington and then agressively going after their endorsement is disingenous. I am hoping that there is no clear winner on the 5th. It can only be good news for the Nebraska Caucus.

And one last thing Edwards is good for politics why because the other two candidates were measuring polls and checking every little thing they said it was Edwards that dared talk about universal health, care and the plight of the impoverished. He at least decided to take a chance and introduce his policies and brought the other two top tier candidates along kicking and screaming.

While Obama was giving nice speeches about change, Edwards was actually telling Americans what change looked liked.

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As to your point on 527s and labor, I’m glad Obama has had the courage to be honest about the flaws of the left. I don’t see how replacing a President beholden to his corporate cronies with one beholden to trial lawyers and labor unions is any improvement. We have a choice - we can focus on the things that build up Americans of all classes, or we can degenerate into populist class warfare - which won’t help anyone, save a few cynical politicians like John Edwards.