Don Bacon and NE-2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Itty bitty earthquake in Nebraska politics over the weekend. As
we reported at nine am on Friday, six hours before
anybody else, Brigadier General Don Bacon, the great American hard
working congressman, has seen enough ten years of fighting special interests,
but worse, members of his own party have taken their toll.

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He will not seek re election to the House representing
Nebraska's second district, so it's an open seat for the
first time since nineteen ninety eight. Historically, this district has
been read as a fire truck in the last seventy
five years, starting with Warren Buffett's father, a Republican has
held this job for sixty five of the seventy five.

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But with the city of Omaha mirroring the country with
the large German areas overgrown with liberals, activists, virtue signaling, democrats,
and everything in between, this truly isn't Warren Buffett's father's Omaha. Geographically,
District two takes you east from Highway seventy nine by
Valpraso all the way north to Morse Bluff shiah Fremont,

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then east to the Missouri River. The south edge takes
you from Ashland east, curling up and around Sarpy County,
giving you parts of Papillion and parts of La Vista,
but not all of them. So it's Douglass parts of
Sarpi and parts of Saunders Counties. Not too many square miles,
but it's pretty much Omaha. For ten years, Bacon beat

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back a parade of liberals by less than five points
each election, inspired though by liberal John Ewing's stunning horsewhipping
of Republican Mayor Gen Stothard. Nebraska Democrats with a success
record that makes the Washington Generals look like the New
York Yankees already has four contenders, with a fifth likely soon.

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One of them is State Senator John Cavanagh, the fourth
one of eight kids from former Congressman John Cavanagh, the
third by name recognition alone, he's the clubhouse favorite, but
his record in the unicameral will produce negative ads. Unfettered abortions,
okay with boys on girls teams, sex changes for kids.

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Big government opposes any work requirements to receiving government aid.
Opposed every bill that would have lowered your property taxes.
What about the GOP. We have two country club Republicans
tied up. City Councilman Brinker Harding and former State Senator
Brett Lindstrom. These two guys are low key, backroom dealers, workhorses,

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not show ponies. They keep a small circle of influencers,
both personally and politically, mirror the GOP of the last generation.
They are neither ideologues nor MAGA extremists. Rather get along
guys who believe in bipartisan deal making. Both believe in
moving legislation forward, even if it means compromise. They are

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not take it or leave it politicos. That is a
recipe for criticism from the conservative base, but it also
means getting things done. What about maga? Darling Dan Frye,
the Omaha businessman who challenged two sitting Republicans in the past,
came very close to unseating Literi in twenty fourteen. The
White House may help, but only if the President believes

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that fry can win. How many Republicans will navigate Trump
policies without Trump? I think the voters in District two
aren't so swayed by partisanship as they are results. When
we vote, the issue will be is my life better
now than it was two years ago? Do I feel
better about the country? Do I feel safer. Do I

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like this guy or gal? What message will resonate with voters?
And are they really chained to a D or an R.
The numbers say we're not. As of today, there are
four hundred and nineteen thousand registered voters in district two.
Thirty eight percent of them are Republicans, thirty four percent
of them are Democrats, twenty six percent of them are independent.

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To me, that screams out for an independent candidate, one
that caters to neither political brand. An independent with a flare,
a message, brains, a resume we can respect, and a
work ethic can win. I've got just the guy, Nick Batter,
the pro business, low tax corporate lawyer who grew up

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homeless in Florence but graduated first in his class at Harvard,
served in the Army, and should have won district the
thirteen legislative seat last year. Just like any candidate, with Nick,
you won't like his position on every issue, but you'll
love him. He has sixteen months to comb a relatively
small geographic area. If he runs, you're going to want

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to hear his story, but more importantly, his solutions to
our problems.