White House: Johanns heads back to NE

Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:46 AM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: Congress, Republicans, 2008, Kelly O'Donnell

Per NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell, President Bush will discuss the departure of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at 9:30 am ET. Johanns, the former governor of Nebraska, is leaving to run for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel (R). “Mr. Johanns would be the fourth Republican candidate in the field. While Nebraska is heavily Republican, the Senate vacancy is creating a potential opportunity for Democrats, who are trying to recruit Bob Kerrey, a former senator from Nebraska who is president of New School University in New York City, to run.”

Also, O’Donnell reports that Bush will hold a press conference today in the the Brady Press Briefing Room at 10:45 am ET. His last press conference was August 9th.

EMAIL THIS

Comments

Sec. Johanns will make a fine Senator. He's a good man.

Amber Riley, Crete NE (Sent Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:31 AM)

There are no "good men" in the republican party. Only weak war mongers with the souls of bats and the vision of a bush.

H P Boston (Sent Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:11 AM)

Mike Johanns has been a good man for Nebraska. I also look for him to serve our state well when he's in the Senate.

Matt Woodside, Grand Island NE (Sent Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:34 PM)

SEND A COMMENT

PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments from appearing. We will only approve comments that are directly related to the blog, use appropriate language and are not attacking the comments of others.

Message (please, no HTML tags. Web addresses will be hyperlinked):

Your name, city and state (John Doe, Seattle, Wash.):

Your e-mail address (jdoe@msnbc.com):

Your website (it's okay if you don't have one):

Remember me? (We'll keep it private) Remember me?

TRACKBACKS

Trackbacks are links to weblogs that reference this post. Like comments, trackbacks do not appear until approved by us. The trackback URL for this post is: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/trackback.aspx?PostID=369757