Nebraska’s unicameral Legislature has been hailed for being uniquely nonpartisan, but the Nebraska Republican Party would like to see that change.Although overshadowed by the Ron Paul drama, the platform adopted by Republicans at their state GOP convention earlier this month includes support for moving from a nonpartisan Legislature to a two-party Legislature.GOP chairman Mark Fahleson said that’s been in the platform for at least eight years. Why? He believes many Republicans have concluded the nonpartisan Legislature is a façade. The Nebraska Legislature is partisan, he said.And the Democrats realize that, as evidenced by their “caucusing and plotting ways to undermine Governor Heineman’s agenda,” Fahleson said.
