Nebraska Senate Race?

[Brian4Liberty]

A poll has been added to the thread to measure support in the GOP Primary for the Nebraska US Senate race. It is a more detailed take on the amount of support you would give to a candidate (in this case, two of the candidates). You can choose more than one selection (check all that apply).

Anyone from Nebraska? We have an open seat there, are there any liberty candidates running in the GOP Primary?

Anyone know anything about Bart McLeay, Ben Sasse or Shane Osborn?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Bump.

 

[angelatc]

Do you know Laura Ebke? She's running for a seat in the Nebraska House, and she's definitely one of us. She's also on Facebook, and runs www.redstateeclectic.com . I can check with her if she's not already on your list on contacts.

 

[Hyperion]

I believe Osborn is considered the favorite but I know little about him or the other candidates. Seems like this would be a good state for a Rand/Cruz type.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Bump for info.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Do you know Laura Ebke? She's running for a seat in the Nebraska House, and she's definitely one of us. She's also on Facebook, and runs www.redstateeclectic.com . I can check with her if she's not already on your list on contacts.

Don't recognize the name. Is she on Twitter?

 

[angelatc]

Don't recognize the name. Is she on Twitter?

Yeah, but not so much now that she's involved with her campaign. She has been a political activist since she was born - her Dad is a former GOP chair. But don't let that scare you. She's definitely one of us. No exceptions.

@Laura_Ebke is her personal twitter, @LauraEbke2014 is her campaign.

This is her official campaign blog: http://lauraebke.com/blog/item/12-costs#.UiTQgTZwqSo


And of course, if anybody wants to donate ..... she's got a meager $5000 goal. She's halfway there. https://secure.piryx.com/donate/8byoyw58/Ebke-for-Legislature/

This is a seat we could win.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Yeah, but not so much now that she's involved with her campaign. She has been a political activist since she was born - her Dad is a former GOP chair. But don't let that scare you. She's definitely one of us. No exceptions.

@Laura_Ebke is her personal twitter, @LauraEbke2014 is her campaign.

This is her official campaign blog: http://lauraebke.com/blog/item/12-costs#.UiTQgTZwqSo


And of course, if anybody wants to donate ..... she's got a meager $5000 goal. She's halfway there. https://secure.piryx.com/donate/8byoyw58/Ebke-for-Legislature/

This is a seat we could win.

Yeah, she doesn't seem to be active on Twitter.

 

[Spoa]

Shane Osborn sounds pretty good. I'll have to find the source but he said somewhere that as a veteran, he doesn't believe we should be entering other countries and nation-building.

Also, he signed the Defund Obamacare pledge.

 

[Uriah]

Sasse raised over $800,000 in 8 weeks. He is known as the "anti-obamacare" candidate.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Sasse seems like an undercover neocon. I'd be very worried about him winning.

“Our leadership and values in world affairs are sorely missed.”

Plus the neocons at the Weekly Standard seem to love him.

Anyone with me on STOP BEN SASSE?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Sasse seems like an undercover neocon. I'd be very worried about him winning.

Plus the neocons at the Weekly Standard seem to love him.

Anyone with me on STOP BEN SASSE?

He probably is a neo-conservative.

What other options are there in the Primary? Any liberty oriented candidates?

 

[AnarchoCapitalist]

Osborn is the closest thing to the Liberty Candidate without a doubt. Sasse is part of Team Bush and super NeoCon/Viper that establishment loves, which means he's the worst of the candidates. Osborn has talked about the evils of central banking, which, in my book, is never a bad thing at all (most candidates have no clue what central banking is, what inflation is, what money is for that matter, let alone talk about it).

Nebraska does have some VERY liberty folks running for state and local seats this time around, and with only 49 total state legislatures in the unique Unicameral, only a few can make a huge difference.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Senate Conservatives Fund has endorsed Sasse. Too late to give them input. Of course they have a track record of supporting neo-conservatives like Ayotte and Rubio, at the same time they support some better candidates, like Rand, Lee and Cruz.

http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/post/2331/scf-endorses-ben-sasse-in-nebraska

 

[mz10]

Senate Conservatives Fund has endorsed Sasse. Too late to give them input. Of course they have a track record of supporting neo-conservatives like Ayotte and Rubio, at the same time they support some better candidates, like Rand, Lee and Cruz.

http://www.senateconservatives.com/site/post/2331/scf-endorses-ben-sasse-in-nebraska

SCF only looks at fiscal issues. The neocons new strategy is to promote hardcore fiscal cons who also want to blow up the world (see: Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Liz Cheney)

 

[compromise]

SCF only looks at fiscal issues. The neocons new strategy is to promote hardcore fiscal cons who also want to blow up the world (see: Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Liz Cheney)

It's a stretch to call Cotton a fiscal conservative. He's definitely to the left of Paul Ryan.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

http://sassefornebraska.com/bens-philosophy

Yep, he is a hard-core globalist, corporatist, and neo-conservative on foreign policy.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

SCF only looks at fiscal issues. The neocons new strategy is to promote hardcore fiscal cons who also want to blow up the world (see: Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Liz Cheney)

They have always done that. Stealth candidates. They also turn out to be RINOs. They aren't even fiscal conservatives.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Here's an interview with Osborn. He was a military pilot, and was involved in that famous international incident when the Chinese forced down a US spy plane (via collision). He was the pilot. He seems like he may be more aggressive on foreign policy then most people here would be comfortable with.

The establishment probably doesn't like him because he seems to be a true fiscal conservative that pushes for real transparency. Can't have that.

http://www.teapartyexpress.org/7113/shane-osborn-u-s-senate-candidate-from-nebraska/3

 

[mz10]

It's a stretch to call Cotton a fiscal conservative. He's definitely to the left of Paul Ryan.

He's the kind of guy who, like Rubio, knows when the scorecard is coming out and makes sure to vote the way they want him to in order to improve his score