Ben Nelson

Advice to Obama: Revive 'Gang of 14'... Or More

Lanny Davis | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

Some of the "Gang of 14" were liberals, some were moderates, some were conservatives. All thought that the hyperpartisan and double standards that led to this stalemate needed to end.

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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Nebraska Senator Obama's Latest Endorsement

AP | ANNA JO BRATTON | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics

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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the endorsement Saturday of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska who said he ...

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Draft Kleeb in Nebraska and End the Politics of Selling Out

Lane Hudson | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics

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Lane Hudson

For those following the Nebraska U.S. Senate Race, it's been mostly a story of wait and see. Now it is turning into a story of selling out or standing up.

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Sam Stein

In Nebraska, A Republican Is Pulled Into Dem Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

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The battle over which Democratic candidate is best served to run for Chuck Hagel's soon-to-be vacant Nebraska Senate seat remains unresolved and is th...

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