• NE-Sen (Likely R to Safe R): When a former senator tries to reclaim his old Senate seat, ordinarily that alone ought to be enough to secure a competitive rating for the race. But this situation isn't ordinary. Democrat Bob Kerrey's been out of office (and living in New York City for so long), and his nominal home state of Nebraska has just become implacably red. It's not like Republican Deb Fischer is any great shakes, and yeah, there hasn't been any polling here in a while, but that also says something—namely, that no one thinks this contest is interesting enough to poll. To the extent there's still any outside money coming in, it's probably just enough so that national Democrats can say, "See? We keep our promises to our top recruits." But we just don't see any kind of potential path to victory for Kerrey, so we're ready to face the inevitable and chalk this one up as a gain for the GOP.
Kerrey is a carpetbagger trying to portray Fischer as a tax hiking elitist. This race is beyond over.
Solid conservative from Texas to North Dakota.
Who is it again that has a problem with the XL hooking up with our friends and neighbor allies in Canada and our refineries in the south? Oh yeah, Nebraskis are afraid of pipelines according to the the current administration.
I have some difficulty swallowing that.