Good, clean fight in Round 1 of Senate debate (Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120826/NEWS/120829794/1685#good-clean-fight-in-round-1-of-senate-debate

By Joe Duggan

Click here to see a slideshow from the debate: http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=3865

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey disappointed no one who came to the Nebraska State Fair on Saturday for a really good political show.

In a spirited debate heavy on issues and raucous audience feedback, the candidates running to be Nebraska's next U.S. senator staked out their positions on entitlement reform, immigration and how to best confront the economic challenges facing the nation.

Fischer, a two-term state senator from Valentine, said she will work to lower taxes, cut the size of government and pass a balanced budget amendment. She promised to take the “Nebraska way” to Washington.

“Nebraskans have said ‘enough' — enough spending, enough debt and enough taxes on the middle class,” she said.

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U.S. Senate candidates Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey shake hands after their debate Saturday at the State Fair. Both candidates avoided mudslinging in the spirited, issue-heavy debate.