And while they knocked Bruning out, the guy they wanted didn't win. This could be interesting if she holds grudges.

Bruning campaigned on what you'd expect: anti- health care reform, anti-Obama, anti-deficit. The GOP has been grooming this guy for years. Stenberg's "pro-Stenberg" ads included him giving a very un-rousing speech on how much he admired the signers of the Declaration of Independence (..and making that boring means you are a horrid public speaker). The rest of the campaign was pro-Stenberg forces running negative attack ads on Bruning. Bruning responded with counter attack ads stating that Stenberg and Fischer were both making false claims. Fischer didn't run much TV until late.

The grudge factor for all parties concerned wil be interesting. This particular primary will be an interesting study for Poli Sci students in the next year or so.