This campaign has opened my eyes to the many and varied opinions that voters across Nebraska think about when they are deciding on their votes. Since I am working on an independent candidate’s campaign, I have been exposed to the hesitation that many voters show when faced with the alternative option of voting for an independent candidate. Here are three opinions that regularly surface in comments and conversation on independent candidates. So, I thought I’d start some discussion on why these t...

Hey, everyone! Not sure if you heard the news, but Jim Jenkins was recently endorsed by The New York Times! The most influential and widely read newspaper in the United States has decided that this rancher and businessman from Nebraska has a message for all Americans -- serve the people, not the party. Wait a second, you might be saying, wasn’t it the… yes, alright, you caught me. It wasn’t The New York Times that endorsed dad, but the York News-Times, one of the twelve daily newspapers we have...

In the summer of 2010 as a lowly intern on Capitol Hill, I became painfully aware that our government was in some state of shambles. As interns, we were encouraged to attend assemblies where congressmen and women had agreed to speak to the hundreds of interns who flock to our nation’s capitol every year to see first-hand the people who govern the greatest country on earth. There I would sit, among kids my age from all over the country, eagerly listening to Senator so and so from state so and so...