President to stump Sunday in Nebraska's 3rd District (Dem Kleeb now in a horse race WOW)

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story reg req: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1673&u_sid=2272020

See this mornings post about the DCCC giving Kleeb $100,000 for new TV commercials here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2589931

Published Wednesday
November 1, 2006

President to stump Sunday in Nebraska's 3rd District

BY JOSEPH MORTON AND JAKE THOMPSON

WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON - President Bush is heading to Nebraska this weekend to campaign for Republicans in the one of the country's most Republican congressional districts.

As the GOP battles nationwide to keep control of Congress, Bush's plans to attend the Sunday rally in western Nebraska's 3rd District calls attention to the competitive race there between Republican State Sen. Adrian Smith of Scottsbluff and Democrat Scott Kleeb.

The time and site of the rally have not been set, the Nebraska GOP said today. The event is expected to feature Smith and other Republican candidates, including U.S. Senate hopeful Pete Ricketts.

Bush's visit means that despite fiercely contested races across the country, he is choosing to spend some precious last-minute campaign time in a district where he won 75 percent of the 2004 presidential vote and where Republicans outnumber Democrats 2-to-1.

Full story at link above.

I know a lot of candidates are asking for funds. If you can, please consider giving a little to KLEEB.

His site: http://www.scottkleeb.com/

Act Blue's Kleeb page: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/8824

Or the new DUer's for Kleeb Act Blue page: http://www.actblue.com/page/kleebforus


From the Ne Dem party on Oct 18th:

On Sunday, the Omaha World-Herald made an unprecedented move. The paper endorsed our candidate for Congress in the third district, Scott Kleeb. Scott is the first Democrat to ever be endorsed by the World-Herald in the third district.

In their endorsement, the paper looks to Scott as the next Congressman representing greater Nebraska:

One candidate, Scott Kleeb, stands out as the better choice. The reason: his fundamental strength - a strength of intellect, a strength of eloquence, a strength of stability.

When pressed aggressively, Kleeb's opponent, State Sen. Adrian Smith, falls back on sound bites and slogans. When pressed under the same conditions, Kleeb draws on different resources - mental focus, breadth of analytical ability and an unshakeable internal steadiness.Such strength could serve Kleeb well in Congress. Such strength provides him the potential to be a lawmaker respected for making a constructive difference.

As many 3rd District voters know, Kleeb has an unusual background as a cowboy/scholar - a real-life ranch hand who also earned stellar academic credentials, above all for his study of how the American West and cattle country in particular are connected to the world economy.

And, they don’t have many nice things to say about Scott’s opponent, Adrian Smith:

Smith has served eight years in the Nebraska Legislature. He has a record in regard to his performance, and he should be judged on it. It is directly relevant to how he likely would perform in Washington.

In the Legislature, Smith is not known as a skilled lawmaker. He is not known for an ability to build constructive coalitions for complicated legislation. He is not known as a skilled public speaker. He has no reputation for making substantive issues the subjects for his priority bills. He is not a lawmaker whom backers seek out to be the prime sponsor of major legislation.

He is not known as a leader.


Thank you for all you do.

With Warm Wishes,


Barry Rubin
Executive Director
Nebraska Democratic Party

[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. Wow - excellent news on the endorsement.

Bush can only hope to get out the last of his supporters by campaigning.

[wakeme2008]

2. Yipes I should get Freq Flyer miles for all my trips to ActBlue

:) :) and a NOM

For our female DUers



:evilgrin:

[keopeli]

3. That's a very handsome picture of Scoot Kleeb!

And I'm not female, but that's ok. :)

[JoFerret]

4. I am sure he has universal appeal

and not just for classic good looks.(Men like good looking men too, however - as we know beauty is in the eye of...and etc.)