CHUCK HAGEL GETS A CHALLENGER:

The attorney general of Nebraska, Jon Bruning, stopped by our office yesterday to let us know that tomorrow he will announce he will challenge Senator Hagel in the Republican primary, which is in May of 2008. A poll conducted for Mr. Bruning shows him leading Mr. Hagel among likely Republican primary voters by 9 percentage points. Mr. Bruning assails Mr, Hagel for being, “The Republican that talks like a Democrat,” pointing to Mr. Hagel’s support for a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, as well as his discussion of impeaching President Bush. “He’s become arrogant and out of touch,” Mr. Bruning said. “His constituent services are very poor.”

That’s bad poll news for an incumbent. (Via Bill Quick, who thinks the GOP establishment will try to sink Bruning. They’d be crazy to — which, I suppose, doesn’t rule it out.)

UPDATE: Via Bill Quick’s comments, here’s Bruning’s website.