NEB-SEN: It Worked - Kerrey Likely Scared Out By Johanns
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Take one senate seat off the table.
"The officials haven’t lost all hope – Mr. Kerrey is headed back to Nebraska for a quick weekend trip, perhaps the Midwestern air will influence his thinking – but they are all but certain he will not enter the race to fill the seat of retiring Senator Chuck Hagel."
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/kerrey-is-still-mulling-a-...
According to Kos, Kerrey was supposed to announce today, so Johanns probably announced just in time to scare Bob Kerrey out of it.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/21/1462/71700
Turns out, Kerrey may be more interested in running for Mayor of New York City than running for Nebraska's U.S. Senate seat. I'm not sure that this would go over so well in Nebraska.
So, without Bob Kerrey in the race, Nebraska Republicans can feel free to nominate whomever they choose - Bruning or Johanns - and be confident that they will hold the Senate seat for the GOP.
NOW I'm glad Hagel retired.
Especially if it kept him out of the Senate.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill