Joe Lieberman to ride again?
by digby
In the race for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, Democrat Bob Kerrey received a cross-party endorsement from former senator and Republican Chuck Hagel.
Kerrey is in a heated battle with Republican state Sen. Deb Fischer to replace the retiring Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson.
The Nebraska Democratic Party announced the former, two-term GOP senator’s endorsement Thursday.
In the battle for a majority in the upper chamber, Democrats are vying to maintain control, 53 seats to Republican’s 47, but are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs.
The Nebraska race is one to watch as it’s become close enough that it has joined others tight races that will determine the party control of the Senate which is hanging in the balance. In the reliably conservative state, Fischer has been considered a favorite in the race but a recent poll indicates a narrowing contest in the Cornhusker State.
A poll released Wednesday from the Omaha World-Herald showed 48% percent of likely voters in Nebraska support Fischer and 45% supported Kerrey, the former governor and U.S. senator from the state.
Oy Veh. If you loved Joe Lieberman you’re going to adore Bob Kerrey. Here’s just a tiny taste of what you have to look forward to:
August 28, 1996
CHICAGO – Sen. Bob Kerrey smells an odor coming from the Republican and Democratic stands on entitlements.
“It’s one of the cruelest things we do, when we say, Republicans or Democrats, `Oh, we can wait and reform Social Security later,’ ” the Nebraska Democrat said.
Mr. Kerrey says that without reform, entitlements will claim 100 percent of the Treasury in 2012.
“This is not caused by liberals, not caused by conservatives, but by a simple demographic fact,” Mr. Kerrey warned at a meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council.
“We [will have] converted the federal government into an ATM machine.”
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