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In Senate, Pranks Mix With Politics

Posted Jun 23, 08 12:13 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – The prank war started when Ben Nelson took advantage of Claire McCaskill's inexperience and got his fellow Democrat even more nervous about her 2007 Senate swearing-in than she already was. The action since then has been sporadic but inventive. McClatchy returns from Capitol Hill with tales of the lawmakers' dueling practical jokes, which have involved Barack Obama and college football paraphernalia.

A few weeks ago, inveterate jokester Nelson managed to have McCaskill's office covered with photos of himself and memorabilia of his own home state rather than McCaskill's native Missouri. "No stone unturned," Nelson said. "I just wish I could have seen the look on her face when she saw the Nebraska banner."

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Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., meets in Lincoln, Neb, Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, with roughly 30 members of the Nebraska Army National Guard who had served in Iraq.   (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
From left are, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Sen. John Warner, R-Va., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.   (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Sen. Claire McCaskill laughs, perhaps thinking of new ways to prank Sen. Ben Nelson.   (AP Photo/Dick Whipple, File)
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., speaks to a political science class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Thursday April 5, 2007. He's probably not giving pointers about breaking into a colleague's office.   (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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