Author Archive for dave
Just let his own words speak for him.
Behlen Manufacturing chair Tony Raimondo (R) said he realized when ex-Ag. Sec./ex-Gov. Mike Johanns (R) entered the race, he wouldn’t be able to raise the money needed to get the GOP nod. Raimondo: “Especially when the governor endorsed him, I think the Republican primary closed up. … I […]
I cannot imagine, a month after giving a tongue-in-cheek award to Jon Bruning for changing parties due to political convenience and ambition, defending that same ambition just because the candidate happens to be switching to my party.
Joe Jordan tells us - after getting a weak-ass response from state chair Steve Achelpohl - that […]
Well, I was wrong. Jon Bruning is dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate. While publically his supporters will claim that Bruning was forced out by the D.C. establishment, I will maintain that it was clearly the Nebraska Young Democrats “Fallen Star” Award that destroyed his candidacy. Yeah, we may have received only a […]
Ryan Anderson at the New Nebraska Network reported this morning on the increased chatter that Republican businessman Tony Raimondo was considering running for Senate… as a Democrat. This is a terrifying proposition, as I will explain in a moment, but worse than that is the information that we are hearing from several sources: the DSCC […]
Congratulations to the UNO College Democrats on another successful year, and being awarded the 2007 Nebraska Young Democrats Chapter of the Year. From the HPV awareness campaign, to Yellow Dog University, campaign invasions, Tribute to the Fallen, and everything else we’ve done in the past year, it’s been a hell of a year. Let’s make […]
Saturday, at the Nebraska Young Democrats’ Forever Young Dinner, we presented an award to Jon Bruning, the “Fallen Star” Award. Lamenting the loss of a bright, young liberal voice to the winds of political ambition. Jordan McGrain, the Bruning campaign manager, responded to our press release in the North Platte Telegraph on Saturday. I’m sure […]