[jim_trent]

Sounds good to me. Don't forget Nebraska's one-party tilt. I am happy to say that in the last 15 years we went from almost totally Demoncrats on the national, state, and larger cities to almost totally Republican.

Interestingly, the only thing that changed was that the Republicans decided to quit splitting the Republican ticket wiht partisan bickering. When the primaries are over, the losing Republican pledges support to the winning Republican. Before that, the only reason Demoncrats won was because Republicans all too often continued the fight after the primaries.

[outinyellowdogcountry]

There have been alot of Republicans moving into Texas in the last 20 years and with the Democrats running left more and more, the result is a Republican majority. However, Dems are still in alot of these small town courthouses because of the older voters who still will not vote for a Republican. Though it is better now, more die hards will have to retire from life to increase the chance of a Republican being elected. This is mainly a situation in small counties where the people have lived here forever. That is where I get my name. These Dems would rather vote for a yellow dog than a Republican. It really does go back to Reconstruction.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Get rid of Ben Nelson-- then you and Texas will have nothing but Republicans statewide in office (like my state!). Also in that elite group: Alaska, Ohio, and Utah.