[NapkinUser]

Maybe Nebraska is just not all that conservative? True they go republican in presidential elections, but what’s with all this Bob Kerrey, Chuck Hagel and Ben Nelson stuff?

[colorado tanker]

Well, there is an old-fashioned prairie populist Democratic tradition in Nebraska - that was William Jennings Bryan’s home state. They will from time to time elect Democrats who at least pretend to be moderates and break from the national liberal mainstream. If you’re a cynic you’d say that’s why a guy who turned New York ivory tower academic has maintained support for the war in Iraq, because he wants to use that to show Nebraskans he’s a pro-defense moderate.

[darkangel82]

Ben Nelson is more conservative than 4 of our senators.

[Alberta's Child]

Make no mistake about it -- Nebraska is one of the most conservative states in the U.S. Consider the following:

1. Ben Nelson has one of the highest American Conservative Union ratings of any Democrat in the U.S. Senate.

2. Nebraska was one of only three states (Utah and Wyoming being the others) in which George W. Bush won every county in the 2000 election.

3. I believe Nebraska was the only state where Bill Clinton never paid a visit during his two terms in the White House.

[tjeff1776]

Bob Kerrey and Norman Hsu
hey, it looks like big bad bob kerrey has been standing in line with his fello dems accepting big cash from his buddy norm hsu