[Update 38%]NE Sen Primary: Kleeb vs Raimondo Results

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Tuesday May 13, 2008 · 6:14 PM PDT

2008/05/13 · 18:14

Believe it or not, WV is not the only primary tonight. Nebraska had caucuses back in Feb, in which Obama won by 35.3 poins, but tonight Nebraskans got to vote on Senate and House races.

I'll bring the results from DKos's favorite cowboy's contested primary with Republican in Democratic clothing, Tony Raimondo.

I'll also be giving results for Nebraska's second CD which is between two true Democrats, Jim Esch and Richard Carter, once some numbers come in.

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Monday June 25, 2007 · 2:14 PM PDT

2007/06/25 · 14:14

There have been reports of 5 suicide bombings in Iraq today. One of which seems to have targeted Sunni tribal leaders.

From an article at Time.com.

A suicide bomber apparently targeting a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni sheiks penetrated layers of security and blew himself up in a hotel lobby on Monday, killing four tribal leaders and at least eight others, police reported.

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After the blast, a member of the Anbar Salvation Council said in the provincial capital of Ramadi that the sheiks meeting at the Mansour Hotel had been dropped from the council "because they did not continue working with us." He said they had been meeting secretly with government officials, about unspecified matters. The U.S. command here has pointed repeatedly to the Anbar group and its opposition to al-Qaida as an example for other tribes to follow elsewhere in Iraq.

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Friday May 04, 2007 · 11:48 AM PDT

2007/05/04 · 11:48

As posted on the front page, one possible solution to our current impass on how to deal with funding for Iraq would be to provide 2 months of "clean" funding. This is a variant on the Blue Dog's strategy of providing funding in 3 month chuncks offered in H. Res 97. This plan is all well and good for buying the Democrats more time but what do we exect to accomplish with this? What do we plan to do in once the 2 months are up?

It would put pressure on those opposing any restrictions on funding as they would have to vote against a bill similar to the one just vetoed again but at this point I don't think we will pick up that many more Republicans, probably not enough to override a veto. I could be wrong and we could get the votes to beat a veto in 2 months but past experience as to the extent of Republican insanity gives me doubts.

So where does this leave us in 2 months? I think there is one possible solution if you will be so kind as to join me below the fold.

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Tuesday November 14, 2006 · 4:17 PM PST

2006/11/14 · 16:17

This is my first diary so if I make any mistakes try not to be too harsh.

I believe it is generally accepted that the internet is a growing force in elections. The tools that it provides candidates to spread their messages and get controbutions are essential to any campaign these days. However, there is a fairly new tool on the internet that I do not believe was used to its fullest this election Cycle. YouTube was created in early 2005 making the 2006 elections the first to see this new media used in campaigning. By now, everyone here is familiar with the use of YouTube to display political ads. If you aren't familiar with it, go to www.youtube.com and search the name of any candidate running this year and you're almost certain to find their televison ads. YouTube is full of those little 30 second snippets of information. This is fine, it is a very cheap way to try to get your message out. However, I think many candidates could do so much more. Read More

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