1st congressional district

[TheFarseer]

My friend that still lives in Nebraska tells me that it's not looking good for the democrat Matt Connelly. Eventhough he is a member of the state legislature and his opponent Mr. Fortenberry is only a former Lincoln city councilman. Fortenberry's only issue seems to be family values. Mr. Connelly seems to have a fairly well laid out platform and if you read through his issues section on his website, I frankly don't see what anyone could object to. Maybe it's the fact that Fortenberry looks like Sean Hannity. My friend says there was a fairly reasonable repub running in the primaries and that an out of state right wing think tank ran a smear campaign against the reasonable repub to get Fortenberry the nomination. I know Fortenberry is going to be a yes man goon for the repubs. Come on he doesn't have any experience or any issues. He has no business what-so-ever being a congressman. Sorry I'm kind of ranting. My question is, is anyone following this and how is it looking? Does anyone know a website where I can get polls or other information on house races?

[NEDem]

1. 1st dist race

I live in Lincoln and I have to be honest I have no idea how it is going to turn out. As you know Nebraska is a VERY Repug state, however Connealy is running a good race and yes Fortenberry is a right wing nut job. Fortenberry took Lincoln in the R primary, easily, but Connealy did OK too. I think it will all come down to who can get the vote out. As far as that goes, here in NE the Dems are as fired up as I've ever seen them, and I've been quite active for many years. It will be a close one, but my money (today at least) is on Connealy. Lincoln isn't as conservative as the rest of the District (UNL is here), so if Connealy can do well here, he may be ok. Fortenberry scares me, evangelical Christian type with no platform and a lot of money. Here are some sites.

http://www.connealy.com
http://www.journalstar.com
http://www.omaha.com