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The 10 Highest Paid Private College Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 12.09.2012 | College

-- Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier – a signal of pr...

Bob Kerrey Loses

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) lost his bid to return to the Senate against Nebraska legislator Deb Fischer Tuesday, NBC News and CBS News projected....

Republican Projected To Pick Up Senate Seat In Nebraska

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

GOP candidate Deb Fischer was projected winner in her Nebraska Senate race by NBC News and CBS News on Tuesday night. The projected win gives Repub...

Nebraska nonpartisan US Senate Guide Deb Fischer vs Bob Kerrey

Paul Loeb | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Paul Loeb

Are you looking for a nonpartisan guide to the Deb Fischer/Bob Kerrey US Senate race, one that contrasts candidate stands in a fair way? The Campus El...

What Is On The Line For Nebraskans on Tuesday?

Mike McCready | Posted 01.03.2013 | Politics
Mike McCready

We Nebraskans are not extreme. Honestly, fairness, decency, a strong work ethic, a belief in man's better nature... these are the values I associate with my home state. We need to elect political representatives who are not extreme and who represent who we are.

Dem Nabs Huge GOP Get

AP | MARGERY A. BECK and GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics

OMAHA, Neb. — Democrat Bob Kerrey got an atta-boy Thursday from former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who said the former senator would break the ...

Veterans Group Launches New Ad Buy

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 11.01.2012 | Politics

A progressive veterans group is launching a $1.25 million ad campaign targeting three Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls as the election enters its final...

Rove Group Going To Once-Safe GOP Territory

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Republican-leaning outside group is investing in Nebraska's suddenly tighter Senate race, looking to shore up Republican Deb Fischer a...

No Revival: Kerrey Faces Big Struggle In Heated Race

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON and MARGERY A. BECK | Posted 10.26.2012 | Politics

OMAHA, Neb. -- Democrats hoped Nebraska's Senate race would be the story of Bob Kerrey's political revival. Instead, the emergence of Republican Deb F...

Nebraska Senate Race Gets Personal

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

Nebraska Democratic Senate candidate Bob Kerrey is attempting to use a neighborhood dispute to close the gap with Republican rival Deb Fischer. Ker...

WATCH: Bob Kerrey Nabs Big Endorsement From Steve Martin

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.05.2012 | Politics

Actor and comedian Steve Martin is showing his support for Nebraska senate candidate Bob Kerrey with a video touting the Democrat as a "wise and thoug...

Another Down-Ticket GOP Candidate Denounces Romney's '47 Percent' Remark

The Huffington Post | Sarah Bufkin | Posted 09.24.2012 | Politics

The GOP contender for Nebraska's open Senate seat, Deb Fischer, is distancing herself from Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans see them...

Dem Candidate Wants To Debate Norquist

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.30.2012 | Politics

Democratic Senate candidate Bob Kerrey will take his second-favorite target -- anti-tax activist Grover Norquist -- if he cannot spar on national tele...

Nebraska GOP Senate Candidate Deb Fischer Puts Out Bold Plan For Ethics Reform

Zaid Jilani | Posted 09.10.2012 | Politics
Zaid Jilani

Deb Fischer is offering bold proposals that would go a long way in reducing corruption in Congress. One would hope that her opponent, Bob Kerrey, can at least match these.

Dem Challenges Tea Party Opponent On Health Care

The Huffington Post | Greg Rosalsky | Posted 07.06.2012 | Politics

Relitigating health care reform was considered a losing strategy by many Democratic candidates during the 2010 midterm elections, but it appears that ...

Kerrey Laments Tough Race

Bloomberg | Posted 06.06.2012 | Politics

Between sips of an iced latte at a Starbucks in Omaha, Democrat Bob Kerrey counts the ways the odds are stacked against his bid to return to the U.S. ...

Jason Linkins

The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For May 18, 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.18.2012 | Politics

What began in Indiana continued in Nebraska this week, as long-shot state Sen. Deb Fischer scored an underdog victory in Nebraska's GOP primary for th...

Karl Rove-Backed Group Unveils Attack Ad

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.18.2012 | Politics

A new political ad is on the air in Nebraska attacking the state's former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey, who is running for his old seat again this year....

Can $250,000 buy a senator?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 07.18.2012 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsIn the aftermath of Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary in Nebraska, campaign finance watchdogs are concerned about...

Fierce Battle Ahead For Senate Control

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add u...

Super PAC cash plays big role in Nebraska Senate race

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsFor the second time in two weeks, super PACs will play a major role in determining the outcome of a U.S. Senate primary ...

Tea Party-Backed Fischer To Face Off With Kerrey

AP | MARGERY A. BECK | Posted 07.15.2012 | Politics

OMAHA, Neb. -- After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of t...

Tea Party-Backed Candidate Wins Nebraska Senate Primary

AP | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics

OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a high-stakes November electio...

Amanda Terkel

'Wild Finish' Expected In Nebraska GOP Senate Primary

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.15.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Tuesday's Nebraska Republican Senate primary has divided the conservative movement, essentially pitting Rick Santorum against Sarah Pali...

Iran Invasion Would Be a Disaster

Bob Kerrey | Posted 06.26.2012 | Politics
Bob Kerrey

There's growing talk in Washington these days about invading Iran. It's not front and center -- yet. But there are folks in Washington building an under-the-radar case for an invasion right now, so I'm not waiting to speak out.