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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has split with former President Donald...

Link Copied Republican megadonor and Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster was there at the beginning of the Donald Trump era and the end — when the ex-president first came down the Trump Tower escalator to announce his campaign, and at the rally that preceded the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Herbster — who’s tapped former Trump lieutenants Kellyanne Conway and Corey Lewandowski to help run his campaign — could hardly have a more important friend as he tries to launch a political career in a deep-red state. But he’d also be hard-pressed to pick a more formidable adversar...

>> could there be a surprise in tuesday's vote for the senate. the republican politician everyone assumed would win is sinking and the conservative outsider, a nebraska outsider, is rising fast. deb fischer, one of us. many agree, sarah palin. this tuesday, surprise the world. vote for deb fischer. >> good ad. the second ad goes after her opponent, the establishment-backed jon bruning. >> as attorney general, he's made millions. bought a $600,000 vacation home with the owner of a company he officially overseas. as the state's top lawyer, he somehow obtained significant ownership in state-regul...

his staff stopped reporters from asking him any questions today. what is he afraid of? plus the defense rests in the john edward's case and never calls him or his girlfriend to the stand. a lot of people think the prosecution never made it's case on the law. how about that 11th hoir outside money changing a senate election out in nebraska and pushing a candidate backed by sarah palin way over the top in the last minute. is that more dirty angry money? finally let me finish with strange thoughts about a strange election getting under way. this will be a strange one. we know obama, but...

we begin with a sequel to last year's debt show down. here is the chair of the democratic national campaign committee, and david corn, the author of "showdown." when obama fought back against boehner and the tea party. here is boehner, he is trying to sound like one of them, listen to this speech from yesterday. >> yes, allowing america to default on it's debt would be irresponsible. but it would be more irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without taking dramatic temperatures to reduce spending and reform the budget process. when the time comes i will insist on cuts and reforms g...