Political craziness now includes supposed 'plants' running for U.S. Senate

Spring is planting time in Nebraska.

But the looming primary election on May 12 for U.S. Senate is also, allegedly, quite a planting session, generating competing claims that candidates are "plants" to help or hurt the two leading candidates.

We're referring to the race between U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and Dan Osborn.

Osborn, an independent, is a labor leader and mechanic who ran a surprisingly close race with U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, a Republican, in 2024.

Ricketts, a Republican, served two terms as governor before being appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Jim Pillen shortly after Ricketts left...