There is a new candidate in the 2008 race for the U.S. Senate in
Pat Flynn of Schuyler announced on Friday that he has chucked his beret into the squared circle for the Republican nomination for the seat presently held by Chuck Hagel. (Schuyler investment adviser to enter Senate race – LJS –
That’s great that you’re all up-front about your former love of weed, dude, but geez, uh, it’s pretty much the only thing anyone can focus on the day you announce for Senate. Prooooobably not what you want people to walk away with…dude.
[Follow-up, 8/1/07: In his formal announcement, Flynn actually said he was going to run a grass-roots campaign. Just so we're clear, our headline above was tongue-in-cheek. Get it? Good.]
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And speaking of the 2008 Senate race, we had lost track of possible candidate Hal Daub as he has been loping across
Last Thursday he was apparently in
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And finally for our bizzaro story of the weekend, which features another possible 2008 Senate candidate, Cosmic Bob Kerrey.
So get this: Actor/comedian/wild-and-crazy-guy Steve Martin got married over the weekend to his longtime girlfriend Anne Stringfield in
So who presided over the nuptials? None other than Rockin’ Bob Kerrey! Apparently Kerrey got “ordained” just so he could marry the couple. No word at this time what religion Kerrey’s holy orders are based upon. (Remind us in the future that all references should be to, not Governor, not Senator, but to The Reverend Bob Kerrey.)
[Follow-up, 8/1/07: The OWH's Robert Nelson reports that anyone with a valid marriage license can perform a marriage in California. That's nice. He'll still be The Reverend to us...]
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Nebraska's third-tier GOP candidates are still better than than the state Dems' top-tier candidates.
A certified Messianic Complex is not enough to perform a Hollywood wedding? Hollywood must be raising their standards. Oh I forgot...Hagel holds the rights to "M-C's"
I still recall my amazement when Steve Martin got the Mark Twain Award for outstanding American Comedy. I wasn't amazed about him being selected - I was amazed that Bob Kerrey was sitting in the balcony box beside Steve Martin. Martin's parents were on the other side of Kerrey.
It takes a pretty good friend to get between a boy and his mother.
Another poster on this blog makes an accurate point. The Dems would love to have a candidate like Flynn. He's 3rd tier in the GOP. The strategy then, for the Dems, is to tear candidates down. Since they can't compete at the high levels being offered, they will have to play negative. It's not that the Dems are bad, per se. It's just the reality of politics...when behind by a ton you have to go negative. They lead with negative and it serves to form their party.
Yeah, good thing those Republicans are practically immune from anything remotely negative. The primary so far has been the pinnacle of gentlemanliness. Darn nice guys they are.
Dont act like republicans cant be negative. does anyone remember the pet ricketts vs ben nelson campaign? ricketts spent $10 million or so doing nothing but being negative. its the nebraska republican party strategy!
OK, this isn't going to be some special forum for revisonist history of last year.
You can feel free to turn back to posts showing who said what, and you can see that both sides did their share of "comparative" ads and spent lots of money doing so.
The best quote came from the OWH article about Flynn's candidacy: "He doesn't doubt, however, that he will raise enough money to mount a credible statewide campaign. Flynn has already hired two full-time staff members and plans to raise about $1.2 million."
If Pat Flynn believes he'll raise $1.2 million in a Nebraska GOP primary that could feature Bruning, Daub, and Johanns, then he's STILL smoking something.
I guess I don't understand GOP Wonk's cynicism. Why can't Flynn raise $1.2 million...just because he doesn't come from the Party establishment? No offense, but I think it's refreshing to see someone other than a lifetime politician running for office.
Refreshing and realistic are two seperate concepts. As are cynicism and realism.
You answered your own question in the same sentence you asked it: "Why can't Flynn raise $1.2 million...just because he doesn't come from the Party establishment?"
Precisely.
Bruning, Johanns, and Daub do. So assuming they run, they'll get the bulk of the GOP money and primary support.
So if Pat Flynn is making such a deal about his past chemical troubles, what is he trying to draw attention away from? ...
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The cynicism is beautiful, that is, all these people on here, checking out the blog, attempting to be "Nebraska Insiders!" So, a guy is going to attempt a campaign run from the ground up...isn't that part of the American dream! I guess there isn't much of a debate here...only time will tell if this run is a joke or not! I will love to see the faces of the "veterans", "insiders", etc., if this campaign does something great! As for coming out with the past record...I think that is smart; he has come out of those habits and made something of himself (he sounds like an average American to me; how many of us made past mistakes? [that question is rhetorical])! The point is that he is trying to get the bullcrap out of the way to make room for the actual issues that way when March and April comes around we don't have to hear the media fret about his past and they can actually report about real politics! Best to everyone!
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