Why is Dave Heineman So Scared of S - E - X ?
Gov. Dave Heineman has a son, so I guess we can assume that he and the First Lady do "make whoopee" - or, at least, have at one point. So, it might not be entirely fair to say Heineman is afraid of...
View ArticleA Call to Action for Children's Health Insurance
I just received the following e-mail that should serve as a call to action for us all to make ourselves heard on the progressive issues Nebraskans care about, on which our Republican representatives...
View ArticleFortenberry & World-Herald Project Own Partisanship in SCHIP Debate
The Lincoln Journal-Star reports: Forty Nebraska groups, including those representing doctors, hospitals and nurses, are urging Nebraska's three Congressmen to override President Bush's veto of...
View ArticleHow Many Tragedies Do Some People Need?
The Omaha World-Herald is running an excellent series on the sad case of Robert Hawkins as a troubled teen in Nebraska's mental health system. Ultimately, there is no finger to be pointed but at...
View ArticleBen Nelson Poised To Be A Problem For Obama's Promise Of Change
So far in the new session of Congress with Democratic President Barack Obama in the White House, Sen. Ben Nelson has proven himself an essential voice of common sense, moderation, and restraint -...
View ArticleTony Fulton's LB445 A Quiet Assault On Health Insurance Quality
A whole lot of supposedly progressive state senators and community leaders should be downright ashamed of themselves for their failure to speak against State Sen. Tony Fulton's Legislative Bill 445,...
View ArticleBen Nelson Can't Take The Heat. Threatens to Take His Ball and Go Home
By now, you have probably read Kyle's diary on the pro healthcare reform ads critical of Senator Nelson's position on the issue. What Kyle's diary failed to touch on was Nelson's cowardly and...
View ArticleSnowe votes for Baucus bill
The Senate Finance Committee just passed it's health care bill by a vote of 14 to 9 with Olympia Snowe voting in favor. If Maine Senators end up voting for the final bill in the Senate are we (Nebraska...
View ArticleNebraskans Want a Public Option
A recent poll found a slim plurality of Nebraskans want a public option included in health care reform legislation. The Research 2000 poll, conducted the last week in October, found Nebraskans...
View ArticleNelson Says Yes? Updated x 2
Senator Nelson, apparently upset that Senator Lieberman has taken center stage in the debate over healthcare reform, today reiterated his intent to filibuster reform if it is not bent to his will. At...
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