Plenty of news stories, random thoughts, ideas, etc. cross our emails and twitter accounts over the weekend, so we thought we would throw a few of these ramblings into a post.  Feel free to debate them, offer your ideas or just tell us something is simply not true. A look ahead: Nelson Goes GOP? Bruning’s […]

The Huskers take on the Jayhawks this weekend at Memorial Stadium, so we’ll be taking a break from politics to enjoy a less cutthroat past time.  We’ve worked up some Turner Gill talking points for those in the office who are a little less football-savvy and rustled up some Big Red blankets because we heard […]

Today we celebrate the service of our veterans.  Our elected leaders are attending events and emailing their supporters giving ideas on how you can help honor vets.  Bold Nebraska keeps elected officials accountable and is often pointing out things they can do better, today we point out what each of our Senators are doing right […]

Jon Bruning announced his intent to run for Senate two days after midterm elections were over: this is why people hate politics. Bruning’s announcement was just a symptom of a growing attitude amongst politicians and political operatives that it’s always Election Day.  There’s never time to govern anymore because everyone is focused on the voting […]

Today, Neal points out the mathematical difficulties of cutting taxes and trying to reduce the deficit. Editor’s Note: Neal Obermeyer cartoons reflect the opinions of the cartoonist and not necessarily those of BoldNebraska.org

This morning newly re-elected Attorney General Jon Bruning announced he will form an “exploratory committee” to make a bid for the US Senate in 2012.  He is starting today, just 3 days after he was re-elected to the job of Attorney General.  He said he can do “both jobs” as the lead legal eagle in […]

Remember, remember the 5th of November and a happy Guy Fawkes Day to you all.  If you’re a history nerd or just really like “V for Vendetta”, you’ll recall that on this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes’ attempt to blow up Parliament with gunpowder failed.  The Brits celebrate Fawkes’ memory by burning his effigy, go […]

It’s all but certain that calculating Jon Bruning will announce tomorrow morning that he is running for Senate in 2012 (Bruning tweeted as much about an hour ago).  We know we are not alone in thinking this is a bit like a freshman just getting to high school and announcing his run for Senior Prom King […]

November 2nd was the end of a very long, and at times brutal, election cycle.  Progressives and moderates took hits across the country, and the GOP is celebrating a 60 seat gain in the House. Historically low voter turnout (only 42% in fact) across Nebraska seems to reflect a general distaste for politics and those […]

After 8pm we will start to post Nebraska results here and on our Facebook page. If you want national updates, Politico has a great map up that is putting in all the results. Nebraska SOS site will show results also starting at 8pm of statewide races. STATE WINS (called by various sources, results not official until […]