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Interesting turns as the Senate's version of the Health Care Re-Form has gone public.For one, Nebraska's Senior Senator, E. Ben Nelson said that the abortion language is not up to snuff:"I think you need to have it eminently clear that no dollars that are federal tax dollars, directly or indirectly, are used to pay for abortions and it needs to be totally clear. [It’s] not clear enough, I don’t

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Let's get it out of the way: 2nd District Congressman Lee Terry got busted for inserting some verbatim copy from a lobbyist into the Congressional Record.Yup. No way around it.So from there, it becomes a purely political issue. How does he react? What is stated. Who "wins"?Well, let's look at Terry's response:“I have been a longtime supporter of the biotechnology industry, which is important

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Tom White has officially staked out his position:He would have voted AYE (that's Yes, kids) on the recent House of Representatives Health Care re-form bill.Note that:Lee Terry (R), voted Nay.Ben Nelson (D), said he would have voted NayThe bill is D.O.A. in the Senate.Mike Johanns, Jeff Fortenberry and Adrian Smith are all against that House bill.But Tom White?He thinks that this bill, that had

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Sometimes you have to suffer the slings and arrows -- from both sides -- for the sake of art.So we give you a Friday afternoon Separated at Birth:Sarah Palin, Going Rogue and Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin...

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MoveOn.org has a new ad up -- no word if it's TV or just web (we're now hearing web-only) -- against Lee Terry on the House Health Care re-form bill vote.See it here:So here's the thing: You know how the Sierra Club, or whatever they are, re-named themselves "Bold Nebraska" to attack Terry?Well, MoveOn.org needs to do the same thing in Nebraska if they want anyone to listen to them. They might

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We talked yesterday about Ben Nelson's plans for voting on health care, and what the repurcussions are on the procedural votes.Well the RNC plans on taking this issue directly to the people of Nebraska with a new ad.See it here:In case you can't see the vid, here's the text:Remember this?Senator John Kerry: “I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars, before I voted against it.”The flip

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A pan-Eco group has launched an attack on various Republicans across Congress, and have included Representative Lee Terry in their sights."Bold Nebraska", a branch or a wing or comrade of a group called "Clean Energy Works", has placed an ad-buy in the Omaha market.(And of course this is on the heels of the anti-Ben Nelson polling by "BoldProgressives.org". You can tell these groups are bold,

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ABC's Jonathan Karl interviewed Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson aboard the Capitol subway system -- the totally unnecessary train that goes back and forth between the Senate office buildings and the Capitol.Click here or below to watch (new ABC window opens):In the interview (where they must have just gone back and forth about 12 times), Nelson says:He wouldn't have voted for the House of Reps Health

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We thank all of our Veterans today for keeping us free.

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From the comments section of the Politico:President's Obama's critics are being unfair and silly for complaining he didn't attend the ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Just look at the man's schedule, he had:a 10 a.m daily briefing from the intelligence community, a 10:30 a.m. economic daily briefing, an 11 a.m. meeting with senior advisers... and then, right

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We're not sure how the OWH picks its online ads.When you look at the Adsense ads on the Leavenworth Street blog, they're automatically chosen by Google's supercomputers, associated with the content in the story (usually).So we cracked up a little in this OWH story about a criminal defendant in Douglas County District Court.He had a number of outbursts in the court room, and apparently threatened

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Reenacting a scene from Planet of the Apes, Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle growled at Dave Heineman,"Keep your (stinkin') hands off MY Council (you damned dirty governor)!"Well, maybe he was only thinking the parentheticals.Or maybe he actually said it. Who knows, judging from the ridiculous words by the Mayor of Omaha to a reporter after hearing that Dave Heineman talked to Councilwoman Jean Stothert

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The "Progressive Change Campaign Committee" (at BoldProgressives.org!!!!) released a poll they did regarding opinions from Nebraskans on health care and Ben Nelson.The group -- who will no doubt change their name once the word "progressive" ceases being vogue -- is associated with the ultra-liberal Daily Kos blog. Basically their goal is to bully Nelson into rubber-stamping ObamaCare. It may

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Fremont attorney and former Mutual of Omaha corporate counsel, Janet Stewart has said she'll enter the race for the Democrat nod for...Secretary of State.Man, those Dems do NOT like the job John Gale has done. I mean who WOULDN'T want to go after that so and so Gale!(Hmm? What?)Anywho, you may remember that Stewart ran for the 1st Congressional District Democrat nomination back in 2004.No?Well,

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You remember the junior version in 2006.Followed by the first full version in 2007.Then the blowout in 2008.Well, we give you, once again, the Annual Halloween Separated at Birth!This year, the Nebraska Congressional Delegation edition!First...1st District Representative Jeff Fortenberry and Fess Parker's Davy Crockett!Next...2nd District Representative Lee Terry and The Wolfman!Continuing on..

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In another of the Unicameral flies, the Nebraska GOP is not wasting any time going after state Senator Steve Lathrop.You may remember that for a while Lathrop was considered to be the leading Democratic candidate to take on Governor Dave Heineman. Instead Lathrop decided to simply run for re-election in 2010.Well, the NEGOP isn't going to take that lying down.Per a post by the Objective

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For those of you following the saga of Democrat state Senator Kent Rogert, Joe Jordan's Nebraska Watchdog has another update.Jordan first broke the story (somehow) that Rogert, from Tekamah, hadn't paid the sales tax on his speed boat by claiming that he is a "boat dealer". If he is a dealer, he has made less than $1,000 each year by doing so. (For that matter, we're fairly sure that Rogert

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Statement from former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub (issued Friday evening):"With all the talk about street naming, it seems some people are talking about naming a street after me as well. Respectfully—but with regard to P.J. Morgan, Mike Boyle, and some good mayors who served Omaha faithfully and are now deceased—I don’t think it’s appropriate. This special honor has traditionally been bestowed at the

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Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns delivered the weekly GOP Address on Health Care. Here is the video and the transcript follows. Enjoy!“Hi, I'm Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska.“My Republican colleagues and I have a simple test for reforming health care: Will this legislation improve your life?“Here's what I mean: Americans face rising health care costs, and it's increasingly difficult to get access

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If this ain't leaving the party, we don't know what is:[Former Nebraska Senator, Virginia resident, Chuck] Hagel was asked whether he would run as a Republican if he were to seek office again, a question the Nebraska native did not answer directly."I would run as Chuck Hagel. I always have," he said. "If I'd run again, I'd run on my record, and who I am, and that's the way I'd do it."If you're a

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A few parting shots on your Friday...Did you know that we Twitter (Tweet? ), here on Leavenworth Street?Well, for those of you interested, you can "Follow" us at Twitter.com/LeavenworthSt.For those who don't or won't or can't or whatever, you can still read other people's Twittererers, by just following the link -- i.e. you don't have to actually sign up in order to read.All that being said, we

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A third Republican candidate has entered the race to become state Treasurer.And that is good news for Don Stenberg.When former head of the Nebraska state patrol, Tom Nesbitt, entered the race yesterday, he immediately began taking votes away from state Senator Tony Fulton. Why?Because no one knows who Fulton is. Sure maybe YOU do, but you're sitting there reading a Nebraska political blog. The

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As noted on TV and in the fishwraps, there will likely be a proposal before the Omaha City Council to rename a street in North Downtown, near the new stadium, after former Mayor Mike Fahey.Interesting question as to whether or not Fahey should get such an honor, or whether other Omahans should receive such a deal as well.In any case, we polled distinguished Omahans (thank you, all) and came up

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In a shocking piece of news, a local Democrat has decided to run for a statewide office in Nebraska.Former Douglas County Democrat executive director Kris Pierce has decided he will challenge John Gale for the office of Secretary of State.Of course the funny part of all of this is that Pierce is so un-liked in his party, it's not clear what his affiliation really means, other than that he's

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We recently received results for a poll taken in the Nebraska 2nd Congressional District.The poll asked about the race between incumbent Republican Congressman Lee Terry and challenger, Democrat state Senator Tom White.The autodial poll asked 670 likely voters the following:If the election for Congress were held today, for whom would you vote?The results:Lee Terry............56%Tom White.........

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