Nebraska Senate Race

This is an interesting twist. In Nebraska, we have a Democrat for a senator: Ben Nelson. He is highly respected by both sides of the aisle and works to break through partisanship as much as possible, a trait that Nebraska respects. He has a proven track record of doing what's right for Nebraska. He also falls away from party line alot when it comes to lowering taxes, supporting the war, and not increasing gun control.

The Republican candidate, Pete Ricketts, is a former Ameritrade executive who wants to change things in Washington by working against the special interest groups that infest politics there and reduce rampant spending. Otherwise, many of the issues that Nelson has are the same as Ricketts.

A vote for Nelson ensures that a good senator remains in office and continues to do good work for Nebraska. A vote for Ricketts provides an opportunity to break through the special interests in Washington and get spending down.

I worry that Ricketts is going to go into Washington and get so flooded with special interest groups that he may get drowned and fall into the same trap. He doesn't have any campaign ties to special interests, but that doesn't mean he can keep his head above water there. He's not a career politician. However, Ricketts is a Republican.

The chance of a Democrat controlled Congress with the mood of Democrats now scares me. I wish it didn't, but I can't shake that concern. If Democrats own any house, absolutely nothing will get done for two years until we replace the whole lot of government. They'll waste time investigating wrongdoing by the president and his cabinet, just because they can. And, even though they claim they won't, it's a very good bet that they'll try to impeach the president in reprisal for Clinton.

I don't think I'll know who to vote for until I actually fill out the sheet.