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Thursday, May 17, 2012

State Senator Deb Fischer holds an 18-point lead over Democrat Bob Kerrey in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the Nebraska U.S. Senate race since her upset win in last week’s state Republican primary.

Fischer 56%
Kerry 38%

Just 5 percent say they’re undecided or support a different candidate.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_senate_elections/nebraska/election_2012_nebraska_senate

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From the Daily Beast:

If Palin picks her spots through the rest of this cycle as well as she did in Nebraska, she might, without spending a dime as a presidential candidate, be the second biggest name in Tampa.

(Note: lots of snark from the writer, but the truth do out)

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I canvassed for Deb in the final two weeks of the primary. A week before the Palin endorsement, a lot of “polite poker faces”. The week after Palin’s endorsement, much-much more receptive. I had some close political friends who were undecided said that the Palin endorsement “sealed the deal”.

Right before the primary, there were a lot of undecideds (24%) and lot of “soft supporters” for Bruning, Stenberg and Flynn. Once the Palins announced their support for Deb, there was an immediate domino effect of more endorsements (Congressman Fortenberry) and money from Pete Ricketts. What I experienced was a bunch of “light switches” being flipped in the last two weeks of the campaign. Deb was beginning to surge before the Palin endorsement, but Palin’s nod added gasoline to the sparks.

Like a perfectly timed arrow shot, all of the variables lined up perfectly for a last-minute, bullseye victory shot!!!

One last thing...for any Demmies thinking Deb will be an easy mark, check this out.

Senate primary vote totals:

All Democrat votes: 80,420

All Republican votes: 192,285