Weekend warriors

May 11, 2012

Lots of info over the past 24 hours. You never know what will happen next. Things are relatively quiet on the Senate front at the moment, but that could change at any time. *** We were notified that Jon Bruning was supposed to record an interview on Tom Becka’s new KKAR show today, but that, [...]

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Fortenberry endorses Fischer

May 10, 2012

Wow. Can a campaign lose by a thousand cuts? Deb Fischer is seeing if that can happen (to the Jon Bruning campaign) in the LAST week of the GOP Senate race in Nebraska. First an endorsement by Sarah Palin. And now, 1st District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry steps up and spends some political capital, as well [...]

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Bruning goes negative; Stenberg concedes 3rd place?

May 10, 2012

Jon Bruning has TWO new ads up. But as of this writing, only one of them is up on the official Bruning YouTube site (and we’re doing our best to sound like a very skeptical Joe Jordan here). First, the negative spot, here: In this piece, the ad names Don Stenberg AND Deb Fischer by [...]

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New Stenberg spot and more

May 10, 2012

Don Stenberg has a new ad up. See it here: This is a very good spot, just Don talking to the camera. It has pretty much been him and Bruning talking to the camera, stating who is more conservative and throwing out a few points. This is a good piece by Stenberg, and is a [...]

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Sarah Palin endorses Deb Fischer

May 9, 2012

Deb Fischer announced the endorsement of her U.S. Senate campaign by former GOP Vice Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Palin wrote to Fischer: We admire your conservative principles and know that you will not go to Washington to amass great wealth or power. You will go to Washington to serve the people of [...]

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New TV and radio

May 9, 2012

New TV and radio spots by…Jon Bruning. First, new TV, here: Here is the text: Jon Bruning: “After all those false ads attacking me, elections come down to simple truths.” “Barack Obama is failing our country, and Bob Kerrey supports him” “As your Attorney General, I’ve battled waste and cut spending, sued the President to [...]

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Polls, attacks and TV

May 8, 2012

That old Barenaked Ladies song is stuck up in the cranium: One Week. Andrew Breitbart was famous for knowing how to wring every drop he could out of a story. When he felt he had the goods on someone, he would not just throw all of his info on the table. He would let it [...]

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New Poll: Fischer beating Stenberg; close with Bruning

May 7, 2012

The Deb Fischer for Senate camp has put out new polling results that show her competing with Jon Bruning. The poll from The Singularis Group, a Kansas City based firm, taken (live) on Sunday, May 6th of “…400 likely Republican Primary voters in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race. The confidence interval for the survey is 95% [...]

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New Fischer ad and lots more

May 7, 2012

Lots happening and talking over the weekend, with 7 more days to campaign until the primary… *** First, a new ad from Deb Fischer. See it here: This is a good spot, frankly better than her first intro piece. But many people still don’t know who Deb Fischer is, and we feel like she needs [...]

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New Bruning spot

May 4, 2012

In our ever enduring efforts to get you the latest, see Nebraska Senate candidate Jon Bruning’s latest TV spot here: And here is the text: BRUNING: Elections are about the choices we make for our future. As Nebraska’s Attorney General, I’m leading the fight to overturn Obamacare. Bob Kerrey says Obamacare doesn’t go far enough. [...]

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LGBT ordinance in trouble?

May 4, 2012

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, at the request of State Senator Beau McCoy, issued an opinion that municipalities, like Omaha and Lincoln, may NOT expand protected classes beyond what is already contained in state law. This could mean trouble for the new Omaha LGBT ordinance as well as anything Lincoln hopes to pass. The AG [...]

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