March 31, 2007 1:48PM 

# Heartland Insurgency 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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On Tuesday, it was Nebraska senators [Chuck Hagel (R) and Ben Nelson (D) who provided the winning margin](http://www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2007/03/28/news/news3asenators.txt) for a Senate bill to begin a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

[Today it’s five-term congressman Lee Terry (R‑Neb.) ](http://www.columbustelegram.com/articles/2007/03/31/ap-state-ne/d8o78gpg0.txt)deciding that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign.

Pretty soon, [the neocons are going to be calling for an invasion](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Zjg3YTM4Yzg0NTk3ZDVhZGY1ZTU2Nzc4NmFkNjFmYmE=) of Nebraska.

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