Nebraska voters in 2008 are going to have a chance to do something they haven’t done since 1968… matter in a Presidential Nomination.
Last Saturday, the Democratic Party of Nebraska (NDP) voted to move to a presidential caucus system. Nebraska’s caucus will be held on February 9th, the Saturday after “Super Tuesday. […]
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How Nebraska Will Tip the ’08 Primary (Like A World Series Exhibition Match)
Published by February 13th, 2007 9 CommentsAs you may have noticed, UNO Dems Blog has embarked on the lofty goal of keeping up to date not just with Omaha City Politics, National News, and In-Depth Reporting… but also our dear Unicameral.
In our last Unicameral Update we covered Gov. Heineman’s ridiculous attacks on the University of Nebraska System. Heineman was also […]
Jeff Fortenbery and Adrian Smith vote against Bi-Partisan College-Loan Interest Reduction. UNO College Democrats have the details…
I know this is sort of off-topic, and not an issue us young-people are usually quite as excited about, but the Nebraska Democratic Party is calling on Gov. Heinny to take action on Property Tax Reform.
To read about it, check out this post from the New Nebraska Network.
Or just jump ahead and sign the […]
Lee Terry Votes Against A Safer America & the 9/11 Commission Report
Published by January 10th, 2007 2 CommentsI just wanted to highlight this even further…
Lee Terry, the Republican Congressman from Nebraska, voted against putting into place the plans layed out in the 9/11 Commission Report. WTF? The vote was 299 to 128 with 68 Republicans voting for it.
That is to say, out of 435 Congressmen & Congresswomen, only 128 voted […]
One of the top stories being pushed by Republican News Media (like Fox) has been that Democrats won’t know what to do now that we’re running the show. As one prominent GOP pundit said last Sunday, “Democrats don’t have any ideas.”
Well I wanted to make sure everyone here knows why I cared so much […]
Hey there folks-
I’m sitting here in the UNO Nebraska Room with 90 of my fellow College Democrats and students interested in hearing more about Jim Esch. There have been at least 20 people in and out in just the last 10 minutes, I’m estimating around 120 people at least, and we’re not even half-way […]