Price Of Pork
By Mitch Berg
Senator Ben Nelson – one of the crucial votes the Administration bought last week to win the Health Care vote in the Senate – isn’t up for re-election this term. But he’s bleeding from the ears, and he’s currently down by around 30 points in a hypothetical race against Nebraska’s Republican governor for his normally-secure “blue-dog” seat.
But Nebraskans aren’t amused:
As a fresh poll measured the political cost of Sen. Ben Nelson’s health reform vote, he prepared Tuesday to take his case directly to Nebraskans during Wednesday night’s Holiday Bowl game.
Nelson will air a new TV ad in which he attempts to debunk opposition claims that the Senate legislation represents a government takeover, and he makes the case for health care reform.
“With all the distortions about health care reform, I want you to hear directly from me,” the Democratic senator says in the ad.
That’s a great idea, Senator Nelson. Why don’t you hear directly from your constituents.
At a statewide series of town hall meetings? Where you can hear from them, too?
Or are all those peasants just too…pesky?
December 30th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Will he continue to fall on the sword for Obama? Will others?
December 30th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Well, it is a representative republic and the people have the right if not the duty to remove the Senator in 2012. Considering the sweet pension deal the political class has voted for itself, it’s not like he is going to be destitute. Considering that certain members of the Violent Cult known as the Democrat Party have claimed that if 90% of their constituents were against the health care bill, they would still be for it, at least Nelson is still talking TO his constituents. I love the idea that he thinks any opposition idea is “distorted”.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Yeah, he should definitely give you crazed teabagger types a chance to ask more questions about Obama’s birth certificate and whatnot.
December 30th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Does Angry Clown ever write a comment that makes sense?
December 30th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That would get him in trouble with his United Clowns Int’l. local.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I’ve got an electronic re-issue of my MN birth certificate, just like the one Obama got from the State of Hawaii. Cost me $18. They misspelled my mother’s name.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Or did they? Angryclown smells a conspiracy!
December 30th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Angryclown is an idiot. He voted for Obama, a guy who has no executive experience and whose resume screamed ‘Head of Office of Civil Rights’ not Commander in Chief.
Yesterday he finished his golf game on Oahu, met the press, said “we will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable”. Then he went snorkeling.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
He shoulda said, “Smoke ’em out, heh heh heh!” eh Terry?
December 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
You aren’t making sense again, Mr. Clown. Are you smoking something yourself?
December 30th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Don’t sweat Angryclown, Terry. Like all members of the Reality Based Community and Co-Op he’s busy getting together with Rosie O’Donnell and Jesse Ventura dreaming up proof that 9/11 was an inside job; forging documents with Rather and Mapes that prove W didn’t really serve in the ANG; and along with the majority of the Angry Cult he is still trying to fauxtoshop Trig being born to someone other than silly Sarah. Just remember, all the conspiracy nuts are on the right.