Rumbling on the Right (Out the RINO and Traitor)

MSNBC ^ | 6/28/2007 | Sam Stein/Newsweak

[tobyhill]

June 28, 2007 - For the past few months, Sen. Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, has flirted with the idea of running for president as an antiwar Republican. Now, however, that platform is threatening Hagel’s standing within his own state and party.

In a race that has received scant national attention, Jon Bruning, Nebraska’s 38-year-old Republican attorney general, is challenging Hagel’s bid for re-election to the Senate--by attacking him from the right. Bruning charges that Hagel’s stance on Iraq, as well as his criticism of the president and members of his cabinet (see: Alberto Gonzales), put the incumbent out of touch with the majority of Nebraskans.

“Nebraska is more conservative than the nation as a whole,” Bruning told NEWSWEEK. “Senator Hagel, however, has become more liberal. And for some reason he has an anger to George Bush that is not particularly productive.”

How substantive a threat does Bruning pose? No reliable independent sounding has yet been taken. According to a poll recently commissioned by Bruning’s office, he finds himself 9 percentage points ahead of Hagel in a head-to-head contest. A study undertaken by Nebraska’s Democratic Party has Hagel’s “positive” rating at 51 percent compared to Bruning’s 61.

[mission9]

Just when I think that I have had enough, a Republican that I want to send money to - Bruning.

[South40]

[jazusamo]

I can’t vote for Bruning but I can send money.

[Williams]

It’s received “scant national attention” because the MSM can’t stand to report it.

[Para-Ord.45]

One down, hopefully.

Beat the RHINOS in the primaries !

Beat McCain, beat Graham !

[Buckeye McFrog]

beat Specter! We came oh-so-tantalizingly close the last time

[Quix]

GOPHER BAROQUE, for sure!

[Parley Baer]

I can’t either but if his politics are correct I will send him money.

[sirchtruth]

We have got to show the rino's and moderates we mean business! I did not agree with the crowd which sat home and did not vote "just to teach repubs a lesson," but that's over and done with! The reality is we have an excellent opportunity NOW to boot these prix out of office...

Let's do it!

[Rapscallion]

I want to see Hagel and Specter evicted from office.

[goldfinch]

I read the whole article twice because I could not believe that MSNBC was ignoring the elephant in the room. They managed to write a 3 page article without mentioning that Hagel supported the Senate Immigration bill. Amazing. They obviously still do not believe that immigration is a big issue...

[JohnLongIsland]

http://www.jonbruning.com/

[Bob J]

We had a chance to get rid of Specter...the Bush team rushed in to save him.