The opposition: who's paying the tab?
Browsing through the campaign finance reports for Nebraskans United, you come up with some very interesting information. Of the approximately quarter million dollars NU has spent trying to prevent the NCRI petition from going on the ballot, $200 K has come from four individuals, all Omaha millionaires — Warren Buffett, Wallace Weitz, Diane Lozier, and Richard Holland. Buffett, of course, is a prominent Democrat contributor who contributed the maximum early on to Obama. Weitz, also a Democrat, pledged $50 K on the same day Buffett did; his other contributions this year are to Obama for America (early in the primary season) and to the Nebraska Democratic State Central Committee. Lozier is also maxed out as a contributor to Obama for America and has given tens of thousands to other Democratic causes. And finally, so did Richard Holland. The three others are all associates of Buffett, and it's likely this was a coordinated campaign.