NE Democrats' poll confirms again: Lee Terry-Brad Ashford race is going to be tight

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/democrats-poll-confirms-again-lee-terry-brad-ashford-race-is/article_b55724ff-4d2f-5e7d-ab6e-acaa7baaa761.html

By Robynn Tysver / World-Herald staff writer

A new Democratic poll released Tuesday places the congressional race between Republican Lee Terry and Democrat Brad Ashford squarely in the “barn burner” camp.

The poll found the two men in a virtual dead heat with less than three months left in the race: Ashford at 46 percent, Terry at 45 percent.



Lee Terry, left, and Brad Ashford


Nine percent of the 432 likely voters surveyed in the Omaha-based 2nd District remained undecided.

The Aug. 14 poll was done by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the national group in charge of helping Democrats get elected to the U.S. House. It was an automated poll, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.

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[elvisbear]

1. The day Lee Terry speaks a coherent complete sentence it will be a miracle.

I don't know who is worse Terry or Fortenberry..... Ugh.

[Omaha Steve]

2. He was blunt when asked if he would continue collecting his paychecks during the shutdown

Seems many people remember he wouldn't give up his pay, until it blew up in his face.

http://www.omaha.com/news/lee-terry-says-he-cannot-handle-giving-up-own-paycheck/article_06c17b2b-84ac-54f9-ad38-248b4ffbd423.html

Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., was blunt when asked if he would continue collecting his paychecks during the shutdown.
“Dang straight,” he said.

Terry suggested it's an irrelevant question because the situation would be resolved before long.
What about the other members who were donating or forgoing their pay?

“Whatever gets them good press,” Terry said. “That's all that it's going to be. God bless them. But you know what? I've got a nice house and a kid in college, and I'll tell you we cannot handle it. Giving our paycheck away when you still worked and earned it? That's just not going to fly.”

He acknowledged that many federal employees aren't getting paid because of the shutdown.

“We're fighting to get them back to work. That's the real issue, is getting this thing done,” Terry said. “I'm working with leadership. I'm trying to figure out ways to get this done.”

He also said that civilian workers furloughed from U.S. Strategic Command or the 55th Wing should not be going without pay. He said legislation signed by the president provides for their pay, and that the administration is violating the law in furloughing them.

“That is one of the most vicious games I've seen,” Terry said. “Those people were protected by law, and they're still being furloughed.”