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Like McCain, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, another 2008 prospect, has a maverick streak, illustrated by his willingness to chide the Bush Administration for being "cavalier" in dealing with allies. But Hagel could be more acceptable to conservatives than McCain. He backed all of Bush's tax cuts and helped lead the Senate opposition to the Kyoto global-warming treaty...
John selected it, and I don’t know where he got it, I never really asked. When I worked for Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, we called [his PAC] BACKPAC, for Building America’s Conscience of Kids. Senator Kerrey initially wanted to all it SIXPAC, but we decided against that and laughed, saying, ‘No, it would probably be inappropriate.’ You try to come up with something catchy. Where John came up with New American Optimists, I don’t know. John’s a very optimistic...
This story line is not farfetched. When the nation goes to the polls Nov. 2, Coloradans will also vote on Amendment 36. As of today, Colorado, like 47 other states and the District of Columbia, awards electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis. (Nebraska and Maine give two votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner in each congressional district, though in practice neither has ever split its allotment.) Amendment 36, which would take effect immediately, would divvy up Colorado's electoral votes based on the percentage of votes each candidate wins in the state...
...most storied of American railroads, Union Pacific Railroad was launched in Nebraska during the Civil War with a handful of tracklayers, helped open up the frontier West and has since grown into a $12 billion-a-year colossus with 48,000 employees and 33,000 miles of track crisscrossing 23 Western states. Today UP handles some 30% of the nation's rail freight traffic. But during the past year, the legendary railroad has been groaning under the weight of embarrassing logistical breakdowns...
...will spend his involuntary year off working an internship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, performing lab work and research. Once rehab is complete, Copple plans a regular workout regimen and a potential trip to San Diego in the spring to work with a strength coach from the NFL’s Chargers...