If you’re not paying attention to the case out of Lancaster County where 2/3 of the signatures submitted by a group called Good Government Lincoln were flagged as fraudulent, you should be. While this petition was focused on Lincoln issues, there could be broader political consequences statewide.

This would be funny if it wasn’t so serious: the political gamesmanship that’s being played between the Ricketts camp and the Democratic Party.

It’s funny how Ricketts thought he was pulling a fast one by getting a very conservative man to call himself a Democrat to confuse voters on election day.

It’s funny how the Democrats outsmarted him by getting a real Democrat to win the nomination and then pull out of the race, giving a boost to the Osborn campaign.

When you think of the bastions of progressive liberalism, three cities automatically come to mind: San Francisco, California; New York, New York; and Fremont, Nebraska.

Yes, Fremont, Nebraska, home of Lynne Walz. The candidate who Governor Pillen’s spokesperson said was propped up by far-left donors and staff. Pillen’s campaign said that Walz wants to “trick Nebraskans by pretending to be a moderate.”

I needed a break, so I went on a road trip last weekend to visit a few rural Nebraska towns that have been in the news lately. I wanted to get a taste of what was going on in the less populated parts of the state. So, I hit the road to visit two towns that have been in the news recently: McCook and Lexington.

I wasn’t quite sure of what I’d find. I wasn’t even quite sure what I was looking for, but I wanted to get a feel not only for those two towns but for rural Nebraska in general.