Nebraska Dems get $120,000 from Dean
Friday, May 27, 2005 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| Howard Dean came through for the Nebraska Democratic Party.
Although officials of the state party had predicted more, it will get at least $120,000 this year to help organize grass-roots groups in all of Nebraska's 93 counties.
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Grateful Afghan leader pleads for U.S. to stay involved
Thursday, May 26, 2005 BOB GLISSMANN - - Omaha World-Herald
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked Wednesday evening about some things for which he is grateful.
He said he is grateful to the University of Nebraska at Omaha for awarding him an honorary doctorate of letters and for being such a good friend to his country for so many years through its Center for Afghanistan Studies.
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Karzai visits farm country
Thursday, May 26, 2005 BILL HORD and JEFFREY ROBB - - Omaha World-Herald
| Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai saw Wednesday what he doesn't see at home - a prosperous countryside.
In a tour of agriculture-rich Cuming County, Karzai witnessed a working center-pivot irrigation system, rows of crops with no weeds, high-tech tractors and cattle penned and fed by the thousands.
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Civility high on Hagel's list
Thursday, May 5, 2005 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| Sen. Chuck Hagel took the podium at the tidy yellow clapboard Village Inn here Wednesday and told a politically savvy crowd, "I'm not here to declare a candidacy for anything."
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Nelson defines self at Democrat event
Monday, February 28, 2005 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| He's being wooed by President Bush on his Social Security overhaul and is the only Democrat in the Senate who hasn't said no.
He's been known to break with his party on a number of big votes in Washington.
But that didn't stop U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson from receiving a standing ovation and cheer before more than 450 rank-and-file Democrats Saturday night.
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Poll put Hagel near bottom of GOP's list for 2008
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| They might be the unknown and the unlikely, but both of Nebraska's senators are talking about the presidency.
Sen. Chuck Hagel's clearly announced interest in possibly running in 2008 may not have started a groundswell among fellow Republicans yet, at least according to a new Gallup Poll.
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Nebraska delegation: Powell will be missed
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| With so many tough foreign policy challenges up in the air, U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel said Monday he was sorry to see Secretary of State Colin Powell step down.
Hagel ticked off a list of issues that include Iraq's future, its elections in January, elections for a new Palestinian leader and nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea.
"I thought it was very important that his steady hand continue to be involved," said Hagel, a Nebraska Republican.
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Nebraska Democrats' needs: a) stand, b) deliver
Sunday, November 7, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| After taking a knockout punch during the 2002 election cycle, Nebraska Democrats vowed to get up off the mat this year.
But after seeing the results of last Tuesday's election, it appears the state's minority party is still a little woozy.
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Senate centrists trying to define roles
Friday, November 5, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| With President Bush's re-election and the rising ranks of conservative Republicans in the next U.S. Senate, the pressure is on a small band of centrists including Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat.
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In wake of Bush win, Hagel wants to let bygones be bygones
Thursday, November 4, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| Sen. Chuck Hagel said Wednesday that he intends to reach out to the White House in a second Bush administration despite any hard feelings lingering there from his outspoken comments about the war in Iraq.
At the same time, the Nebraska Republican has made no decision on seeking the presidency himself in 2008, though he knows that the starting gun was unofficially fired by Bush's victory.
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Daschle's defeat could reduce farmers' clout
Thursday, November 4, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| South Dakota voters replaced the Senate Democratic leader with a member of the majority party, but it's unclear if Tom Daschle's loss bodes well for other Plains states and their rural residents.
While Sen.-elect John Thune is also expected to be a player in farm-state issues, Daschle's position as minority leader allowed him to insert provisions into bills and highlight issues, such as country-of-origin labeling, that otherwise might have been omitted.
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Technicians try to find why votes count twice
Thursday, November 4, 2004 JOE DEJKA - - Omaha World-Herald
| Election technicians were trying to determine Thursday why thousands of ballots might have been counted twice in Sarpy County.
Ed Gilbert, deputy Sarpy County election commissioner, said the problem appears to be with races in central Sarpy County, Papillion and La Vista.
Gilbert said technicians are examining whether computer disks used to periodically transfer vote tallies from a ballot-counting machine to a computer may have been loaded twice.
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Red? Blue? Iowa can't be hurried
Thursday, November 4, 2004 STEPHEN BUTTRY - - Omaha World-Herald
| Three hundred nineteen days after the Iowa caucuses launched John Kerry toward the Democratic presidential nomination, the Hawkeye State refused to yield the political spotlight until Kerry did.
While Ohio and its 20 electoral votes played the pivotal role in the day-after-election drama, Iowa was another white state on the 2004 election maps as Kerry telephoned President Bush to concede defeat.
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Terry says decision to fight back led to win
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Lee Terry started his campaign for a fourth term in Congress planning to talk only about himself and his record in Washington, not even mentioning his opponent.
It didn't quite work out that way.
"We've got three or four nice, cute family (television) ads sitting on a shelf somewhere that nobody ever saw," Terry said Wednesday.
Facing attacks on his record from Democrat Nancy Thompson that were weakening his support, Terry turned the guns on Thompson in the final weeks of their campaign in the 2nd Congressional District.
Although the campaign was quite different, the result was surprisingly similar to Terry's previous House races.
He still rang up 62 percent of the vote Tuesday, only slightly less than his victory margin two years earlier.
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Patients will cast ballots from beds
Monday, November 1, 2004 NICHOLE AKSAMIT - - Omaha World-Herald
| Leonard Vavra won't be going to the polls this year.
It's not that the 76-year-old Omahan is sick of politics. He's stuck at Methodist Hospital after losing his left leg to a blood clot.
The unexpected amputation threw Vavra for a loop. But it won't keep him from voting.
Thanks to an election provision and a few volunteers, the polls will come to him.
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Voters weigh abortion vs. their religion
Sunday, October 31, 2004 ANGIE BRUNKOW - - Omaha World-Herald
| Meg Filipi is not exactly happy about President Bush's support of the death penalty, a view that conflicts with her Catholic belief in the sanctity of life.
But she objects more to Sen. John Kerry's stance in favor of abortion rights.
"You can't move on from that issue," said Filipi, a mother of two who lives in midtown Omaha.
In this contentious election year, many Catholics are pondering how to reconcile their vote with their faith.
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Crunch-time campaigning on game day
Sunday, October 31, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| As Matt Connealy and Jeff Fortenberry worked the red-clad football fans outside Memorial Stadium on Saturday, the focus of their battle for Congress turned, appropriately enough, to the all-important "ground game."
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A lesson in tight security
Thursday, October 28, 2004 MARION RHODES - - Omaha World-Herald
| St. Robert Bellarmine School won't serve a cafeteria lunch to students Tuesday, and it's stepping up security with four off-duty police officers.
Millard elementary school children and Papillion-La Vista students won't be allowed in the hallways on Election Day without teacher supervision.
Douglas County Election Commissioner Carlos Castillo said his office is concerned about security at the polls this year, given the threat of terrorism, although he hasn't received any specific information about a possible attack in Nebraska.
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Twice isn't nice: Some receive two mail ballots
Thursday, October 28, 2004 TOM SHAW - - Omaha World-Herald
| Omahan Tom Johnson knew something was wrong when his family of three got six absentee ballots from Douglas County.
But it turns out his family wasn't alone.
About 90 people in the county received two ballots apiece, although the election commissioner says those residents won't be able to vote twice.
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Connealy takes center stance in tight race
Thursday, October 28, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Matt Connealy sought to cast himself Wednesday in the same moderate, independent mold as U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, the kind of "Nebraska Democrat" independents and Republicans can support.
Nelson campaigned side by side with Connealy, both hoping Nelson would no longer be the lone Democrat in Nebraska's congressional delegation after the votes are counted in Tuesday's 1st District congressional race.
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Full speed ahead for Thompson - despite grim polls
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Nancy Thompson has been working for 15 months to unseat U.S. Rep. Lee Terry. Polls or no polls, she's not about to stop now.
So the Papillion Democrat went on the air with another television ad that aggressively challenges the Republican's record in Congress and rallied Tuesday night with more than 300 of her supporters.
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Vets fault Bush's strategy
Monday, October 25, 2004 EMILY GERSEMA - - Omaha World-Herald
| Four veterans of the war in Iraq accused President Bush on Monday of making the United States less safe because of how he has handled the war.
"We are less secure because our Army is so overextended," said Jon Soltz, coordinator of Vets for Kerry, speaking at the Firefighters Union Hall in Council Bluffs.
The veterans, all from outside Nebraska and Iowa, are part of a group traveling the country in support of Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry. They raised their criticisms at a press conference Monday morning before Bush was to appear in Council Bluffs.
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Poll finds Bush lead solid in Nebraska
Monday, October 25, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| As President George W. Bush drops into Council Bluffs today in his fierce battle with Sen. John Kerry for Iowa's electoral votes, he doesn't need to worry about what's happening across the Missouri River.
A new World-Herald poll finds Bush a favorite to keep Nebraska solidly among the "red states" on this year's electoral map.
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Voter registration rolls swell
Saturday, October 23, 2004 LESLIE REED - - Omaha World-Herald
| With a 6 p.m. registration deadline looming, people streamed Friday into the Lancaster County Election Office to make certain they would be able to vote Nov. 2.
They included first-time voters, recently moved voters and voters who didn't want to wait until Election Day to cast their ballots.
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President may stop in Bluffs Monday
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| COUNCIL BLUFFS - It appears that Council Bluffs, so far ignored as the presidential candidates have blitzed Iowa this fall, is scheduled to get its first campaign visitor - President Bush.
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Jobs, economy weigh on voters' minds
Monday, October 18, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| At age 60, Wayne Anderson is facing a stingy Midwestern market with a fighter's spirit as he hunts for a middle-management job, one ear cocked to the jobs promises in this year's presidential contest.
The Lincoln consultant has had interviews but no offers, and he's not sure he likes what either candidate - President Bush or Sen. John Kerry - offers.
"I was all set to vote for Bush," Anderson said last week after visiting the State Workforce Development office in Lincoln. "As I've listened to him and examined the job situation in my search, I'm not sure that's the way to go.
"But I'm not sure the Democrats have a plan either."
Observations such as these may linger with voters because while Bush and Kerry have repeatedly traded jabs about jobs, their proposals for creating new employment haven't received much attention.
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Thompson edges Terry in spending
Sunday, October 17, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| Lee Terry raised more money but spent less than his Democratic challenger, Nancy Thompson, for the 2nd District House seat in Nebraska.
Terry, the incumbent and a Republican, raised $262,000 in July, August and September and spent about $328,000. Thompson raised $175,600 but spent $392,500, according to a new campaign finance report.
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Iowa draws candidates as Bush, Kerry swap jabs
Friday, October 15, 2004 RICK RUGGLES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Sen. John Kerry, preceded by a booming drum corps, expressed optimism here Thursday night that he would be the next president of the United States.
Kerry contended that President Bush "doesn't have a record to run on. He has a record to run away from. And that's what he's doing."
On a chilly night at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Kerry made a rare joint appearance with running mate John Edwards and their wives.
"You are beautiful," Kerry told the audience. "I love Iowa. . . . Are you freezing, incidentally?"
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A match made in Nashville
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Want to understand the red and blue political divide that represents a polarized America?
Consider whether you like country music, says Gary Gregg, a political science professor at the University of Louisville.
If you like country music, there's a good chance you'll vote for George Bush in November. If you can't stand country music, you're much more likely to be voting for John Kerry.
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As election battleground, Iowa still player late in the game
Sunday, October 10, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES and STEPHEN BUTTRY - - Omaha World-Herald
| TIPTON, Iowa - When the votes were counted in this Cedar County seat on election night in 2000, the county stood as a symbol of the nation's red and blue political divide.
The tally: 4,025 votes for Democrat Al Gore, 4,025 votes for Republican George W. Bush. Only after the final 14 absentee ballots were counted days later did Gore pull out a two-vote victory.
Four years, a devastating terrorist attack and a controversial war later, county residents say they don't see things much differently this time around. If anything, voters may be more polarized than before.
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Appearance by Michael Moore a campus controversy
Thursday, October 7, 2004 BILL HORD - - Omaha World-Herald
| The 60-city pre-election tour of controversial liberal filmmaker Michael Moore will come to small-town, small-campus Missouri on Saturday.
As elsewhere, Moore's scheduled appearance on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville has drawn protests from Republicans who complain about fairness.
Moore is following up the success of his Bush-bashing documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," with a tour to encourage voter registration in potential swing states in the presidential election.
One of those states is Missouri.
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Voter rolls swelling in Iowa, Nebraska
Thursday, October 7, 2004 TOM SHAW - - Omaha World-Herald
| A record number of voters have registered in Nebraska and Iowa - but for different reasons.
Gambling proposals on the Nebraska ballot have played a role in surging voter enrollment, while the close presidential contest in Iowa has led to a rise in registrations from 2000.
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Democrats brace for 'October Surprise'
Saturday, October 2, 2004
AP's TOM RAUM - - Omaha World-Herald
| In the presidential campaign's closing weeks, Democrats are bracing for an "October Surprise," an event so dramatic it could influence the election's outcome. The capture of Osama bin Laden, for instance.
It's part of American political lore: the party out of power worries about a last-minute surprise engineered by the party in power. Now that October has arrived and the election is just a month away, speculation is rife among Democrats that President Bush and political mastermind Karl Rove have some tricks up their sleeves.
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Education issues lag in voter priorities
Monday, September 27, 2004 EMILY GERSEMA - - Omaha World-Herald
| Traditionally, candidates have relied on education issues to draw support from the country's estimated 69 million registered female voters.
But in the polls, all voters - women and men - rank education far below other issues in this year's presidential election between President Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, said Randall Adkins, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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GOP chairman says Bush has momentum
Saturday, September 25, 2004 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said Friday that President Bush has the momentum in 2004, but he would not discuss Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel's prospects in 2008.
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Race a tossup on taxes, analysts say
Monday, September 20, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| The Hogan Group added an employee last year with the money its owners had saved thanks to tax cuts pushed by President Bush.
Co-owners Mike and Kathy Hogan were "tickled about what we got back," Mike Hogan said, and poured the funds back into their Omaha information technology business.
With the presidential election ahead, one might expect the Republican incumbent, George W. Bush, to side with the higher-income Hogans and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, to favor the lower-income clients at Marquez's clinics.
It's not that simple. Despite traditional party rhetoric, for most Americans there's little difference between the Bush and Kerry tax plans, analysts say.
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Thompson rips deficit; Terry touts tax cuts
Friday, September 17, 2004 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| The heat was turned up Thursday as the 2nd Congressional District candidates swapped criticism.
Democratic challenger Nancy Thompson hit Republican Rep. Lee Terry over the federal government's growing red ink. Terry said Thompson was going negative and, in reply, touted his tax-cutting record.
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Hagel says U.S. needs creative Iraq policy
Friday, September 17, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| In unusual comments for a Republican lawmaker, Sen. Chuck Hagel suggested Thursday that the United States is not winning in Iraq and might need to alter its policies.
While he didn't directly rebuke the Bush administration, Hagel did - for a second day in a row - counter Bush's more positive views of Iraq.
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Parties trade barbs over campaign advertisements
Saturday, September 11, 2004 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| Nebraska Republicans played tit-for-tat with Democrats on Friday, issuing a press release that chastised Democratic congressional candidate Nancy Thompson for not properly disclosing who paid for her television commercials.
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Brother of 9/11 victim shares his memories
Friday, September 10, 2004 JEFFREY ROBB - - Omaha World-Herald
| Mike Geis took students back three years to Sept. 11, 2001, back to the media blitz, back to the day his sister died in the World Trade Center.
Speaking to mass media classes Friday at Millard North High, Geis recalled the events of the day through his own memories and through media outlets that relayed news about the terrorist attacks and his sister, Julie.
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Congress passes bill to reduce youth suicides
Friday, September 10, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| With suicide the third most frequent cause of death among people ages 10 to 24, Nebraska Rep. Tom Osborne and others in Congress say the federal government must do more to stem that trend.
The House and Senate both passed a measure Thursday authorizing $82 million for state suicide prevention programs and college counseling centers. President Bush is expected to sign it.
But Congress was not united on how to best prevent young people from taking their lives.
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Kerry Assails Deficit As Bush's Fault
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
AP's DARLENE SUPERVILLE - - Omaha World-Herald
| GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday's projection of a record budget deficit this election year and the continuing movement of U.S. jobs overseas show President Bush is taking the country down the wrong economic track.
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Nader Won't Be on Virginia Ballot
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
AP's ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Independent Ralph Nader will not appear on Virginia's presidential ballot, the State Board of Elections said Tuesday.
Nader fell short of the required 10,000 certified signatures on his qualifying petitions, said Jean Jensen, secretary of the board. ''He needed 10,000 and we were able to verify 7,342,'' Jensen said.
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Debate produces spirited exchanges
Monday, September 6, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Kicking off the fall campaign in Nebraska's 1st Congressional District, Jeff Fortenberry and Matt Connealy clashed over support for President Bush and their credentials to stand up for farmers during a State Fair debate Sunday.
Jeff Fortenberry
Fortenberry, a Republican from Lincoln, sought to use the debate to tie Democrat Connealy to his party and its presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry.
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Hagel raises profile for possible '08 run
Thursday, September 2, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| Like candidates on a whistle-stop tour, Union Pacific Corp. CEO Dick Davidson and Sen. Chuck Hagel side stood beside each other Wednesday on the back of a mock caboose.
Davidson used the setting to tell Nebraska delegates attending a Union Pacific breakfast in Hagel's honor what many at this week's Republican National Convention are thinking.
"I wouldn't be at all surprised if we're here four years from now and everybody's carrying a sign 'Hagel for President,'" Davidson said, prompting nods from the audience and a tight smile from the Nebraska Republican.
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Rural economy thriving, Bush says in Iowa visit
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 CHRIS CLAYTON - - Omaha World-Herald
| ALLEMAN, Iowa - Surrounded by tractors and hay bales with country music blaring, President Bush told supporters on his last stop in a nationwide swing before the Republican National Convention that he is getting the job done for rural America.
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Tight race, small population give Iowa a front-row seat
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| If prime seating on the presidential nominating convention floor shows the love, Republicans are just as high on Iowans as the Democrats were at their convention in July.
In Boston, the Democrats placed their Iowa delegation in front of their main podium. The Republicans meeting here in New York City have parked their Iowa delegates just to the left of their main stage, a place of honor as well.
The reason is that Iowa's seven electoral votes loom large for the campaigns of President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
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Johanns wooed as candidate for Senate
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| NEW YORK - As he ponders a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns said he certainly got some things to think about Tuesday.
During a reception on Park Avenue, the governor was introduced to a parade of corporate executives, investment bankers, lobbyists and politicos past and current - all of whom could prove helpful should the Republican challenge U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson in 2006.
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Sen. Hagel chides Bush, Kerry
Monday, August 30, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| NEW YORK - Sen. Chuck Hagel admonished both of the 2004 candidates for president in a speech Monday to Iowa's delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Hagel said the candidates, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., have hurt the political process by focusing on division rather than unity in the flap over Kerry's service 30 years ago in Vietnam.
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Kerrey helps Hagel test waters for '08 campaign
Monday, August 30, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| Chuck Hagel's first toe-dipping into the 2008 presidential race wasn't overly political Sunday afternoon. But one couldn't miss the undercurrents.
The Nebraska Republican joined former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey for a reception at the Democrat's residence near the New School University, of which Kerrey is president.
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Sen. Hagel says Vietnam flap in campaign is 'nonsense'
Thursday, August 26, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel on Thursday called the back-and-forth controversy over Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's service in Vietnam "nonsense."
And the Nebraska Republican urged both Kerry and President Bush to "get on high ground here and start talking about the future of this country."
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Speaker's visit adds fuel to House campaign fire
Saturday, August 21, 2004 HENRY CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| LINCOLN - House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Saturday dismissed Rep. Doug Bereuter's assertion that the Iraq war was a mistake and pitched scrapping the nation's income tax in favor of a sales or consumption tax.
Hastert was in town to raise money for congressional candidate Jeff Fortenberry, who he hopes will help Republicans in November cling to their slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Kerry's crewmate calls ads 'slap in the face'
Saturday, August 21, 2004 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| COUNCIL BLUFFS - The man who was rescued by John Kerry in Vietnam believes President Bush is behind critics now questioning his story about Kerry's valor on the Bap Hap River.
Former Green Beret Jim Rassmann said Friday that he considers it a personal "slap in the face" when people say his dramatic rescue story is false.
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Hagel to help Johanns make contacts
Saturday, August 21, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Chuck Hagel apparently won't be the only Nebraska politician at the Republican National Convention seeking to make contacts for a possible higher office bid.
The U.S. senator and potential 2008 presidential candidate is hosting a meet-and-greet reception in New York on Aug. 31, where he will introduce Gov. Mike Johanns to friends, political figures and lobbyists. They could be helpful should the governor decide to make a bid for the Senate in 2006.
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Hagel pondering a 2008 run for president
Sunday, August 15, 2004 SHANNON HENSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| As he goes around Nebraska stumping for President Bush, U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel is thinking: Do I want to do this myself in four years?
The second-term Republican senator said Sunday that he is considering running for president in 2008.
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Hagel can't tell, either, who'll win presidential race
Saturday, August 14, 2004 MARTHA STODDARD - - Omaha World-Herald
| AURORA, Neb. - The next president will win election "rather handily" this fall, U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel predicted Friday.
But the GOP senator from Nebraska wouldn't venture a guess as to which candidate will be that winner.
"I don't know," he told about 80 people at a morning town hall meeting. "This is as close an election as we've seen at anytime at this stage."
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Parties put spin on waste issue
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| When U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson runs for re-election two years from now, will Nebraska voters see him as "the $141 million man"?
Or will he be "the man who protected Nebraska from becoming the nation's nuclear waste dumping ground"?
Both political parties already are spinning the state's agreement to pay a nearly $141 million settlement for blocking construction of a low-level radioactive waste storage facility.
It's an issue with particular political intrigue.
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Congress mired in campaign gridlock
Monday, August 9, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| It's long been a political joke that the less Congress does, the better off the country.
Well, Americans, enjoy your prosperity.
With President Bush and Sen. John Kerry in a dead heat for the nation's top job and Democrats pushing hard to take back Congress, the two chambers are largely bogged down.
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Green V.P. candidate says: Vote your heart
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 MARTHA STODDARD - - Omaha World-Herald
| The Green Party's vice presidential candidate, Pat LaMarche, says she understands if people don't end up voting for her and presidential candidate David Cobb.
Some blame the Green Party's 2000 presidential ticket - led by Ralph Nader - for taking crucial votes away from Democrat Al Gore and helping elect George W. Bush.
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Battle engaged for hearts, minds of the undecided
Monday, August 2, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON and ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| When he buses into the Iowa towns of Dubuque and Davenport in a few days, Sen. John Kerry will push a message the way Madison Avenue pushes cars, Coke or Clinique.
His elusive audience is undecided voters. And, fresh from his presidential nominating convention, the Democrat is armed with several messages for that 4 percent to 8 percent of Americans:
He is a strong leader, a Vietnam combat veteran ready to handle national security. He will cut taxes for the middle class. He has domestic proposals for families, students and the elderly that he says reflect mainstream values. And he is the candidate of national unity and optimism.
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How important is Vietnam service?
Friday, July 30, 2004 ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's service as a U.S. Navy boat commander in Vietnam helps make him the right candidate for post-9/11 America, Nebraska and Iowa Democrats said Thursday.
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Corporations party on to win friends among delegates
Friday, July 30, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON and ROBYNN TYSVER - - Omaha World-Herald
| Thanks to Omaha's Union Pacific Corp., Nebraska delegates to the Democratic National Convention got an exclusive tour this week of the Boston Museum of Science. They also were feted at a reception that featured cosmopolitan cocktails, a chocolate fountain for strawberries and the hip, live sounds of Jim Bombay and the Swinging Sapphies.
Iowa delegates woke up to a breakfast of Canadian bacon, French toast, scrambled eggs and fruit - compliments of Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical giant that makes Viagra and cholesterol-lowering Lipitor.
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Kerry gets chance to make case
Monday, July 26, 2004 JAKE THOMPSON - - Omaha World-Herald
| John Kerry and his supporting cast of 4,353 Democratic delegates star this week in a made-for-TV event aimed at fleshing out the character, life story and vision of the Democratic presidential hopeful, whom many Americans do not yet know.
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Kerry stresses optimism during stop in Iowa
Sunday, July 25, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| Following in the footsteps of the explorers who helped define America's future, John Kerry sought to define himself Saturday as the man with the optimistic vision and middle-class values to be America's next president.
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July political heat rare for Iowa
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 HENRY J. CORDES - - Omaha World-Herald
| While Iowa has been the center of the whirlwind at caucus time, by November the state usually has been sucked into a political black hole.
With only seven electoral votes, Iowa never seemed to matter when a president was picked.
But don't try telling President Bush that Iowa's electoral votes won't matter this year. He made his 13th visit to Iowa as president on Tuesday, rallying supporters and defending his record - from the war in Iraq to his faith-based initiatives.
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Thompson is making strides in 2nd District fund raising
Friday, July 16, 2004 LORI NITSCHKE - - Omaha World-Herald
| WASHINGTON - The Lee Terry and Nancy Thompson campaigns jousted Thursday over how to view new finance reports that show her cutting into Terry's cash lead in Nebraska's 2nd District congressional race.
Terry, the Republican incumbent, raised $149,000 during the most recent 10-week reporting period, according to the report filed Thursday by his campaign with the Federal Election Commission.
Thompson, a Democrat, raised $205,000 in the same period, her staff said.
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