While I usually leave everything related to the 3rd District, Adrian Smith, or Western Nebraska to our wonderful friends over at SmithWatch… I just couldn’t help but point out the obvious (well obvious if you’re a geek like me who like to read FEC Fundraising Numbers).
Adrian Smith, the brand-new Republican congressman from […]
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I want to encourage everyone to apply for the 2007 Campus Progress National Conference, in Washington DC.
The conference is June 26th, though there are events the two days before and the day after. All the information you might want is on their website, so I won’t re-list it here.
But I […]
Lee Terry, Nebraska’s longest-serving (doesn’t that seem weird) Congressman had some good fundraising numbers this last Quarter.
According to the latest FEC filings, Terry raised, $147,679 and 92 cents.
His current Cash on Hand (CoH) is $215,229.
If he runs for Senate in ‘08 (which will only happen if Hagel decides not to) then he’s going to […]
Lee Terry Admits He Was Wrong, And Calls on Gonzales To Resign
Published by April 1st, 2007 2 CommentsBecause of the politically motivated “Prosecutor Purge” scandal, Lee Terry has officially called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign.
A Republican congressman on Saturday urged Gonzales to resign, citing what he said were Gonzales’ contradictory statements about his role in the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
“I trusted him before, but I can’t now,” […]
BREAKING: Lee Terry’s Iraq War Vote ‘We Should Never Leave Iraq’
Published by March 23rd, 2007 3 CommentsLee Terry just emailed this message out to his constituents about the U.S. House Iraq War Supplemental Funding Bill H.R. 1591. As Dave wrote, this is a bill that recently passed the House, but which Terry voted against. Also voting against the Iraq Bill were Nebraska’s Adrian Smith and Jeff Fortenberry.
Dear […]
This just a really random side note: but John McCain’s website for President reminds me a lot of Jim Esch’s campaign site. The use of Flash animation for navigation, the integration of video… of course McCain’s cost about 20x more than Jim’s, but still the over-arching similarity is there.
Even their yardsigns […]
Congratulations to the UNO College Dems Women’s Caucus!
In order to celebrate Valentines Day, and raise HPV awareness, the UD-WC handed out about 1000 Valentines (with condoms on them).
The event was a huge success and an amazing inaugural event for the Caucus!
Thanks to Kar, Nick, Megan, and everyone else […]