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Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« on: May 17, 2012, 04:07:41 PM »
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Granted, it’s a deep red state, but I’m surprised regardless. Kerrey served two terms in the Senate and another as governor so his name recognition is sky high; Fischer, meanwhile, was a distant third in the primary race behind Bruning and Stenberg as of just a few weeks ago. Can an almost total upstart crush one of the most successful Democrats in recent state history?

Apparently, yeah:

    State Senator Deb Fischer holds an 18-point lead over Democrat Bob Kerrey in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the Nebraska U.S. Senate race since her upset win in last week’s state Republican primary.

    A new telephone survey of Likely Voters in Nebraska shows Fischer with 56% support to 38% for Kerrey who is trying to reclaim the Senate seat he retired from in 2001. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) are undecided.  ...
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/05/17/oh-my-deb-fischer-leads-bob-kerrey-by-18-points-in-nebraska/#comments
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 04:29:22 PM »
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 04:44:14 PM »
This is the race where P.P. came into play, isn't it?




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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2012, 05:34:58 PM »
Oh now, this is ridiculous:

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Fischer, meanwhile, was a distant third in the primary race behind Bruning and Stenberg as of just a few weeks ago.

As late as last Saturday (the Nebraska primary was the following Tuesday, the big guy's big day), she was still seen as being a third-place finisher.

(disclosure: franksolich voted for her, as previously announced here before he voted)

Better a bad start and a good finish, than a good start and a bad finish.

Too bad for Joe-Bob.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2012, 05:43:52 PM »
Why this is a surprise, Deborah Fischer being the (R) candidate is that Jon Bruning, the Nebraska attorney general, and Don Stenberg, the Nebraska secretary of state, have been running for a couple of years now, and from high-profile offices.

Deborah Fischer was an obscure state senator who didn't even enter the race until December or January (somewhere in there).
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2012, 05:49:23 PM »
 :yahoo:
I think I'm gonna like 2012 as much as I liked 2010.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 05:51:37 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on May 17, 2012, 05:49:23 PM
:yahoo:
I think I'm gonna like 2012 as much as I liked 2010.

It's looking good so far.

That pendulum does appear to be swinging back.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 05:54:22 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on May 17, 2012, 05:51:37 PM
It's looking good so far.

That pendulum does appear to be swinging back.

Hopefully it swings way back.........and gets stuck.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 07:48:10 PM »
I think voters are tired of the same old, same old, political hacks, and they do not want to dig up some old retread like Kerrey. They want some new blood. At the very least, it will take her a few years to learn the ropes and then get corrupted like most of the longterm clowns in DC.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 07:50:02 PM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on May 17, 2012, 07:48:10 PM
I think voters are tired of the same old, same old, political hacks, and they do not want to dig up some old retread like Kerrey. They want some new blood. At the very least, it will take her a few years to learn the ropes and then get corrupted like most of the longterm clowns in DC.

I think that describes much of the disparity in the numbers.

Fischer isn't that well-known yet.

But when seeing the name "Kerrey," many Nebraskans groan, oh, not him again.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2012, 08:23:54 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on May 17, 2012, 07:50:02 PM
I think that describes much of the disparity in the numbers.

Fischer isn't that well-known yet.

But when seeing the name "Kerrey," many Nebraskans groan, oh, not him again.
He also has the disadvantage of having a name that sounds like the Senator from Taxachussetts.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2012, 03:54:28 PM »
Steve Dawes' 3 second, uncredited appearance in Kerrey's first ad was the stake in the heart of Kerrey's campaign. Steve is the King Midas of municipal sewage services: everything he touches turns to shit.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2012, 05:15:07 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on May 19, 2012, 03:54:28 PM
Steve Dawes' 3 second, uncredited appearance in Kerrey's first ad was the stake in the heart of Kerrey's campaign. Steve is the King Midas of municipal sewage services: everything he touches turns to shit.

Ed Norton knows his shit.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2012, 05:29:49 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 19, 2012, 05:15:07 PM
Ed Norton knows his shit.

He certainly cast a long shadow on Nebraska politics.

A long, wide shadow.
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Re: Oh my: Deb Fischer leads Bob Kerrey by 18 points in Nebraska
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2012, 10:34:26 PM »
Go Deb Fischer !
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