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The Simple, Easy, Pleasant First Day of the Romney Administration

Today in Ad Watch: Mitt Romney fantasizes about President Romney, President Obama loves higher-ed because he loved his mom, Karl Rove's Super PAC gets into the Nebraska Senate race, and Democrats gloat over the negative coverage of Romney's business career.

By Elspeth Reeve

May 16, 2012

Poll Watch

Obama's Having a Bad Polling Month

President Obama has had a bad streak in polls after doing pretty well against Mitt Romney in April, and Republicans are looking strong in Wisconsin and Nebraska.

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 16, 2012

Who Is Nebraska's Deb Fischer?

Republicans want to win back a majority in the Senate in November, and one of their best chances of flipping a Democratic seat is now in the hands of a woman who wasn't backed by either establishment Republicans or Tea Party people.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 27, 2012

Bob Kerrey's Facebook Page Does Not Look Like a Senate Candidate's

The report that former Sen. Bob Kerrey will run for Senate in Nebraska came as a surprise to lots of people -- to Nebraska Democrats, to the Democrat already in the race -- and maybe to Kerrey himself?

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 27, 2012

Bob Kerrey is Ready to Throw His Hat in the Ring in Nebraska

Just in time for the election filing deadline this week, The Washington Post has word today that former Senator and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Bob Kerrey will be running in Nebraska for his old seat in Congress.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 27, 2011

Ben Nelson Declares: 'It's Time to Move On'

Ben Nelson announced his retirement in a YouTube video on Tuesday afternoon, not "a press conference back home in Nebraska," as Politico had reported earlier in the day.

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 30, 2011