So far, Pete Ricketts' campaign commercials have been almost entirely ridiculous. Well Pete, here's something of substance you can attack Ben on: the Benator's
"power ranking" in the Senate is a pathetic 88. The power scores
are calculated by looking at Congressmember's position, influence, and legislative activity. Seems to me Pete has an opening to attack Ben on the grounds that Ben lacks the drive and power in Congress to get anything done on behalf of Nebraska.
(Insert standard acknowledgement that this is just a number, and that it doesn't necessarily reflect Ben's influence in Washington. Lies/damned lies/statistics. Blah blah blah. It's just a campaign commercial, folks. Deep analysis of the underlying methodology doesn't apply.)
If you're curious, Chuck is an above-average 43, but that's not very impressive for a presidential hopeful. In the House, Tom sits at 222, Lee at 311, and Jeff at 329. Frankly, 329 seems high for Fortenberry. Can anybody name one thing he's done in Congress besides vote the party line?