Facing a tough re-election next year, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced that he will retire at the end of his current term. NBC's Mark Murray dicsusses how this could affect the balance of power in the Senate.
NBC's First Read has confirmed, per a high-ranking Democratic source, that Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) will NOT seek re-election in 2012.
The conservative Nelson, who often voted with Republicans "will be the least missed member of the Democratic caucus next year," said that same high-ranking Democratic source.
While Nelson may have often voted with Republicans, his decision not to run comes as a blow to Democrats' hopes of maintaining control of the Senate, unless Democrats find a top-notch recruit like former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey (D), who is reportedly considering a run with Nelson's seat open.
**UPDATE** from AP (3:27 p.m. EST): Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson tells supporters he'll retire: "Simply put: It is time to move on"
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GoodBye = Fence Hugger/Jumper — Go Away !!!!! Traitor !!! Commie Supporter !!!
Pathetic Hypocrite.....more like always on the wrong side of the fence.
He's a Rep in Dems clothing. He always voted with the Reps more than the Dems. Remember the fake Dems in Wisc the Reps put in there? Maybe they put fake Ben Nelson in there too!
Agree MD- Hope Kerry is up to the challenge.
I'd like to see Kerrey get in there. He's a good guy.
That seat will finish off Harry Reid reign of terror.
GoofBall !! WWWHHHAATTTT ????? PING !!!!
Oh look MD/MI.....we got a job to do......The republican from Nebraska who pretends to be a democrat knows all about the republican cheat and lie strategy, and be elected at all cost to do damage....Harry Reid is an honest senate member who puts the needs of the American people first....not his party agenda.
He was a supporter of the crazy woman who wanted to start a civil war if she didn't get voted into office. You know bats in the belfry runs deep with the tea bagging republicans.
Obama is a fine President. He has already grown more jobs in the past 2 years than Bush did his entire 8 years. FACTS - Son- JUST HARD COLD FACTS
Obama is a winner!!!
Keep coming around here and that is exactly what you are going to hear repeatedly- got it?
Obama is a winner!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are kidding DemE, aren't you. More jobs? Where? Unemployment has slidden from 5% to (very adjusted) 9%. The job market has srinked from 140 mil to 120 mil by his own labor department.
Someone needs to check the:
Obama is a winner? Don't you mean whiner?
Thankful, they really are clueless are'nt they ? The Republicans are sick of the Tea Party, Republicans Are sick Of Republicans, Democrats are sick of the whole kit n caboodle ! The Congress is"nt worth spit ! We need Nelson, McConnell, Cantor, Bohner and the rest of the dead beats to find another job they are a disaster at the one they have. Vote people and change the Stagnate Status quo. And get the Tea party out !!!! Obama/ Bidden 2012
Get the Tea party out??? They are the change. How can you support
after all they have done to America?
after all they have done to America?
so just what has he done to America?
other then get us in a semi up right position and turning the ship of state to a Positive and Correct way.
so try to come up with REAL things DONE to America.
Pam, Obama had a majority for more than a year and all he could get done is an unconstitutional healthcare bill. It should be clear who the problem is.
Capt crunch they're the change alright, back to the 1800's.
Chris he had a horrible congress to work with, Tea Party frat Boys, Mitch McConnell who said he would be one term president. Despite all of that he persevered and battled on ! The people across this nation realize who has there best interest at heart and Iwill give you a clue It dose"nt begin with a T! His Foreign policy is a slam dunk ! Many have woke up to the voter remorse of 2010 !!
Capt. Are we on two diffrent planets? Bush left us in the tank and Obama has done all he can to get us out of it. He has had no help from the dead beat politicians. He has made this country a hell of allot safer than the republicans did ! What 8 and counting of the bad guys. Pretty impressive. I will stay with Obama because he is the only one who has a clue about how to move this country forward not the idiots running. The tea party want to take us way back to nothing.
Pam...Bush was not the only one that threw us under the bus....Barney Frank, Maxine Waters and Mr. Dodd pushed for banks to lend to people that couldn't afford them...denied that a housing bubble even existed....then after the bubble collapsed and our economy went down the drain...Obama appointed these very people to draft laws as to how it wouldn't happen again. Isn't that like telling the fox draft some laws to prevent chickens from getting killed by predators?
TAP, Wasn't Bush in Office when Enron went Bust, the housing market was beginning to collapse in California and rolling to east coast. There are allot to blame, and Obama has had some bad advisors. Now he is listing to best advisors he will have the American people.
Pam...please listen to this video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
Let me know what you think afterwards...thanks.
tap = republican = ed royce = Asked For MORE Regulations !!!?????
TAP, Mission Accomplished. It was cherry picked for one thing. Right now this very minute many in Washington are doing inside trading Can we name names yet? People were able to afford there homes when they had work but all collapsed and it became a free for all. There so many component's to our current situation its hard to say if that alone burst the bubble. We have to have regulation and people put in place to keep people honest just a fact of human nature. Glass Ste gal needed to be reenacted yesterday ! Is this the whole truth or propaganda ?
hey....I didn't video it....ask c-span....the video speaks for itself..unless you subscribe to the....it's all doctored up UFO stuff.
TAP, Thanks for the link. I like that on here as the music rocks and there some really great info. I think we will be asking hundred years from now how GW went so wrong with his presidency won"t we ? Was the window dressing really that good that we were all in la la land we did"nt see it happening in front of us till we were hit with the avalanche?
Pam, you are ignoring what I said. For over a full year Obama had complete control of both houses of congress and all he got done was a heathcare bill that is going to be thrown out by the Supreme Court.
As far as keeping us safe. It is only because he is continuing the Bush policies. He stayed in Iraq, Gitmo is still open and we are still fighting terrorists abroad. If he did things the way he campaigned we would have pulled our troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq in 2008, gitmo would have closed and bun Laden would be alive today.
In 100 years from today Bush will be considered a very good president and Obama will only be mentioned in comparison to Carter, for who is worse.
chris
Sorry but Obama has NEVER had a majority in the Senate. 60 votes just to put a bill up for vote. Name the 60 Democratic Senators. Never had them.
Chris
So now you're a contitutional scholar as well. And I will repeat, The Democrat have NEVER had "complete control" of both houses. Please name the 60 Democratic Senators you claim we had in the Senatate.
Pam you are welcome...I am really considering emailing Obama about the energy speech....Thanks...going to get something to eat...
Chris, I believe Bush left with 20% rating. He wanted to close Git mo But there were temper tantrums that no we can"t put them in Maxium security prisons here !!! He is Commander and Chief and upon his orders we got Bin lauden and others, Bush was no where around.He is the first president to try to tackle the health care issue in this country and he gets kudos for taking them on. He did not back down. Many , many are so thankful he did. Lets see the Lilly Leddbetter act. Credit card Industry, and many other things he has done. He will never be a footnote he is the first president of color and with the dead beats out he can accomplish so many more things !!!!
TAP. I'll take order Fry's and cheese burger LOL. Come back we have good debate going and Ed show has"nt started yet !!!
Larry, as it happens I am an expert on the Constitution. Obama had 58 Democrats and 2 Indepentent's that caucused with the Democrat Caucus. The two indy's were Lieberman and Sanders.
I realize that accepting the truth destroy's your way of thinking but you are not allowed to your own facts. I also realize the arguing semantics works on people that do not have an understanding of the Constitution but like I said, I am an expert.
Pam, Same goes for you. You cannot make up your own facts. The healthcare bill is a failure and the Ledbetter act is a disgrace.
Osama bin Laden is dead because of policies set up by the Bush Administration and Obama only deserves credit for carrying out thoughs policies. As far as being the first president of color, it will be said, "oh ya that guy Obama was a worse president than Carter but he was black soooo..."
Oh Pam...I really pulled out all the stops today for dinner. My father in law just arrived for dinner...I made Filet Mignon, King Crab, Baked Potato and Green Bean Casserole. Yea I like to cook as well as make wine. I served a homemade Chardonnay and a Homemade Cabernet Franc. We can't do this every night or even every month but we are celebrating!
Larry chris is an expert on the Constitution he saw a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of it once when he was 10. Notice he thinks independents mean democrat. Then there is his long debunked nonsense that policies that GWB had in place to capture OBL got him 2 years after GWB left office. Now here is where it gets kind of sticky, GWB canceled those policies in 2005. Oh did we mention chris has been caught telling so many lies around the blogs he earned the title habitual liar?
Whom, you must live a sad pathedic life. It does not matter how many democrats there were. It only matters how many were in the caucus. It is not really hard to understand if you apply yourself. Osama bin Laden was killed because of our intelligence apparatus that was put in place by the Bush Administration. It took eight years of continuous progress to hunt down your hero.
I unlike you engage people in debate. You on the other hand think that snarky comments pass for conversation.
Damn you people live in a dream world. Remember six months after 9-11 bush stated he did not know where OBL was and he was not a concern to him. In 2005 he disbanded the CIA group that was assigned to find him. Like the man said, your entitled to your own opinon, but not your own warped, made up fixed news facts. And you people expect to be taken seriously? To quote a great poster on here...'Oh my ribs'.
John, only a moron would say that the CIA group of anything was disbanded. That is not how intelligence works. I guess it whould be haed for someone that in not intelligent to understand that. What Bush was saying is that the War or Terror was bigger than one man. It is hard for liberals to understand that killing one man does not end terrorism. Just look at the terrorist attack in Iraq after our soldiers left. Better yet look at the terrorist attack at Fort Hood that your president completely ignored.
So we go from provable facts to fake outrage that a Muslim serving in the military killed a bunch of people blame Obama and ignore the guy entered the military while GWB was in office because you know the president hand picks military, its his job according to our self proclaimed Constitution expert. Then he wonders why he is called a habitual liar.
Poor little chris once again makes a pathetic attempt at making a personal attack and he has can't wait reborn egging him on. Well well well, just goes to show just how sad our residential lying troll will go to collect his Koch check. Can't refute the facts attack the poster typical tactic of a habitual liar. Even funnier is your delusions of grandeur, you know how the CIA works as well as claiming to be an expert on constitutional law except you didn't say that you said your an expert on the constitution which doesn't mean squat if you are not versed in constitutional law.
Is that the best you can come up with Chris? 'What bush was saying is that the war on terror was bigger than one man'? Even if thats what he meant, and it was not, the translation would be 'I know the whole country wants justice but I can't get the job done so I'm not going to quit looking for him'. You teabaggers are a confused bunch but like I said before, very entertaining.
John, you are a typical liberal. You believe that justice is killing one man. Why does Barry brag about all the other terrorists that he killed? Is he a murderer or is the fight bigger than just killing bin Laden? The problem is having to give credit where it is due kills you because you have a fundemental hatred for America.
chris,
President Obama ramped up the hunt for bin laden as soon as he took office, because W. had stopped looking for him, years ago. a campaign promise made by President Obama that he kept. this is President Obama's achievement, and water boarding did not help lead to bin laden, as you all like to say.
i am sure the part of the health care bill that offends you, like all the repubs in washington, is the individual mandate. HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAVE TO BE SAID the individual mandate is a republican idea, THOUGHT OF AND SUPPORTED BY VERY CONSERVATIVE REPUBS IN WASHINGTON. President Obama put it on the table to get republican backing. and what did they do instead, they turned it into a socialist issue-THEIR IDEA! they are unembarassable in that they do not care what they have supported in the past, if President Obama puts it on the table, they act like they have never heard of it before.
mitt romney, anyone?
Suzette, all I can say is I am embarrassed for you. Bush never stopped looking for bin Laden. It was not his priority. There is a big difference. The CIA, FBI and military all put efforts into finding him and the event that led to his death was an acumination of their efforts since 2001. To say otherwise, sounds like propaganda coming from al Qaeda. You do not work for al Qaeda do you? Second, you have no idea if waterboarding helped get info or not. Also, it is irrelevant if it helped.
Actually, almost the entire law is offensive to me. I do not know who came up with the idea of a health care mandate but it was talked about during the FDR Administration and as far as I know goes back to King Henry VIII. It does not matter to me if republicans support it or not, it is unconstitutional and that is all that matters. You sound like a petulant child, Obam put it on the table because he has little regard for the Constitution.
Romney did not pass a healthcare bill that compasses the nation. Every state has differing laws and what works in one may not work in another. To try to compare Massachusetts with the rest of the country is disingenuous. Of course, I would not expect anything less from a liberal.
No in fact GWB was looking all over the stage for OBL why I saw that too. Poor chris just can't get his facts and his lies separated, wait chris has no facts. BOL
No Chris, I have hatred towards teabaggers and their supporters who spread lies and misinformation like yourself. By the way, bush had OBL cornered in Tora Bora, why did he not take him out? He had a Delta Force team within a couple hundred yards and aborted the mission. Why was that? More proof that the President had to finish another job for your boy bush.
chris,
all i can say is you are embarassing yourself, because you clearly do not know the history of the individual mandate.
better to be a petulant child than an ignorant adult.
lets get the facts straight. "Obama-care" is based on "romney-care". in fact, its the SAME thing, even though romney lies about that. romney's "people" came to the white house to discuss it when President Obama was doing health care reform (mitt romney lies about that, too.). newt gingrich was proud of the health care plan that romney put forth in massachusets, and said it would be a good idea for the nation.
all of your conservative hero's in washington supported the individual mandate. look up "mark pauly", an economic advisor to the H.W. bush administration. a REPUBLICAN, and strong supporter and advocate for the individual mandate, he is ashamed and embarassed about the way the republican party is acting now, calling the individual mandate socialism, because barack Obama put it on the table to get republican backing.
about bin laden-the bush family has ties to the bin-laden's. in regard to water boarding, dick cheney and daughter liz, along with fox news sure made a fuss about how waterboarding led to the capture and killing of bin laden. they immediately gave waterboarding and W. bush the credit.
we see that after President Obama took office, and ramped up the hunt, it didn't take very long. i know it bothers you that your guy was too incompetent to "get" him. i know service men that were at tora bora when they had bin laden in their sites, and they were pissed off that W. bush took them into iraq instead.
lets not talk about who has little regard for the constitution. the repubs would rather sign a pledge to grover norquist and give their allegiance to him, rather than the constitution. they are more concerned about grover norquist than they are about working with President Obama and moving the country forward.
i have NEVER seen such disregard and disrespect for a president EVER.
do your research on the individual mandate-the repubs used it to counter Teddy Kennedy's health care plan, and again to counter Clinton's health care reform.
as with everything else, the repubs don't like anything as long as a democratic president hold the office. when W. was president, they didn't care about how he dug us into a financial crisis. all of a sudden now that Barack is president, they are deficit hawks? all of a sudden, now that Barack is president, they don't like the individual mandate? all of a sudden, now that Barack is president, they don't like tax cuts?
stop justifying the ignorant, hypocritical actions of the republican party.
I wonder if Chris is as expert about the Constitution as Botchwoman?
One man...really? How about 23 other al Qaeda leaders removed from the field?
Obama wanted single payer, but r/tp's wouldn't hear of it. They've always been for the individual mandate until Obama.
whomitmay, cut it out.
You're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
chris-2142986 banned, out of chances.
Well for some one who was a D and voted R, I would say we can do so much better. How can you miss a turn coat?
well no great loss, how many times did he vote democratic? not many, just a blue dog which is a fake democrat.
Kerry should do well, as he is a CMOH winner so unless they want to swift boat another Great American Veteran.
Pilot...
Weong Kerrey. Thie is Bob Kerrey, former Governor and Senator from Nebraska, not John Kerry, current Senator from Massachusetts...
Although Bob did serve in the Navy, I don't believe he recieved the Congressional Medal of Honor... Click on his name for a bio...
yes he did, he was a Navy Seal.
Kerrey served in the United States Navy as a SEAL from 1966 to 1969 during the Vietnam War. He lost the lower part of one leg in combat, and received the Medal of Honor, for action near, Nha Trang Bay, Republic of Vietnam, 14 March 1969.
The Pilot is correct on that one. Mr Joseph Robert Kerry, carries his own political and service record with pride.
Pilotshark, Now that is impressive. He has my respect and hope he has a great group to get him elected.
Ben Nelson will forever be known as the pro-life democrat that voted to murder un-born babies. Talk about a hypocrite, him and Bob "Baby Killer" Stupak.
And I'm sure that you would pay for all the unwanted embryos if they were to be parent less children?
Of course, that is what makes America great. Everyone has the means to be provided for and everyone has the means to be successful.
So your in favor of SSI paying a family for 18 years plus to support that child!Even though this child may be of descent of a rapist or child molester or killer?
I support a woman's right to kill her baby if she choses. If the woman decides to give birth than there will always be room in the country for the child, either through government funds or private help. However, my opinion does not matter.
And just how did he vote to "murder unborn babies"? You mean the healthcare bill?
It has been law for many years that ferderal fund can't be used for abortion, if you are ignorant enough to believe abortion is muder.
Call abortion what you like. I will refer it it killing or murder what ever you are comfortable with.
It is the Hyde Amendment that bars government money from being used for abortions. It has to be voted on every year. In the healthcare bill that Nelson voted on it called for government money to go to heathcare policies that covered abortion and both Nelson and Stupak voted for the bill. The only difference is Stupak got the president to promise to write an executive order barring those funds. Nelson sold out his so-called principles for 100 million in state funds. So I guess for 100 million Nelson believes it is OK to kill/murder babies. See, everyone has a price.
Ben Nelson was a DINO-saur! Time for him to go extinct!
David, Great post ! Hopefully more will join him in the great migration !!!!
MD/MI - You must be big Eddie or a close relative as not one else would ever defend him or the other wacky far left like you do. Just keep in mind the great record Obama has put together under his watch: Federal spending is the highest ratio to GDP (25%) since WWII, the budget deficit is the highest of GDP since WWII, the federal debt is the highest since just after WWII, employment the lowest since 1983, and long term unemployment the highest since the 1930's. Great job Obama who knows he cannot talk about his record so he will have his fellow far left wack jobs attack everyone else.
LMAO at you!!!!
you need to slowly remove your head from your duffle bag which seems to be planted deeply in to your fourth point of contact!
So rather than toss out stupid comments lets see you defend Obama's records on his watch - or how about this - defend his 24% one year budget increase for non entitlement spending and the fact that Not One Democratic Senator voted to approve Obama's budget.
LOL
no so stupid.
but you do seem to belong to the S.T.U.P.I.D project.
SpamTrolls Totally United Promoting Ignorant Deceptions.
and think you have your answers already but you do not want to see them.
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Real intellegent retort, MD/MI.
Pilot: what?
You fellars don't make no sense!
What is your problem Cap.....They are making perfect sense. You are just don't understand the left code.
Capt, Thats our covert opperation here LOL. Keep them guessing !!!
Thankful, Love that avatar, You are just full of surprises !!!
You have no idea what you are talking about. The GDP shrunk because of the damage the Republicans you helped elect did to the economy. Now the Republicans continue to sabotage the economy so GDP is bad. Of course "GDP to ..." ratios are going to be bad. Until we get rid of the Republicans we are carrying around a lead weight. Get rid of all Republicans and we will have a New American Century.
Wrong!!! I not only defend Obama but support him. I choose to get information from many sources. Unlike the Fox folks.
Obama is a fine President- you must smoke alot of crack! Pure nonsense with no facts from your posts.
Tell ya what. Put up a list of George bush's 'accomplishments' and one of the Presidents. Got the guts?
Still hasn't put up his list? Not surprised typical tactic of can't wait reborn, say something he won't back up and run away.
shoe:
Asked and answered numerous times on this site. That you choose not to read them doesn't give you a right to demand that we waste our time reposting over and over. Typical r/tp tactic to annoy a Liberal blog. It's also trolling too.
So is re-regging.
According to the info above Bob Kerrery is a long term democrat and supports many of Obama's polices, Where the mix up about him being a wolf in sheep's clothing? Must have gotten mixed up with another story! Easy down boys& girls!
They were probably talking about Nelson, I know I was.
Most guys in politics would kiss a baby but Obama has them coming out of his mouth!
Thats A Strange Way To Give Birth = Must Sum New Fangled Method !!! Perhaps The Seahorse Method !!!????
That didn't come out right!
It Never Does ; When That Happens !!!! I Hate When That Happens !!!! Oh Well !!!! Move On !!!
See ya Nelson don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Maybe we can get a "real" Democrat in and not a turn coat like Nelson.
Good news for NASA Boeing has decided to make Kennedy Space Center their base for commercial space travel! 500 jobs so far and will grow. The free world will not lose its lead into space!
Oh NO = Dont tell Me That Its That Starwars Stuff That RAY-GUN And Those GOMERS Were Fantasizing About !!!!!!
Na just regular space stuff you know champagne flights to the moon and stuff like that!
You booting from linux?
Oh Butt Of Course = Stuff ONLY For The Wealthy = That Kind -O- THANG !!!!! Hey; When Do Ya Figure The Stargate Will Open Up ????? ==== Oh; Yes I Am On The Linux Rite Now !! Thanx For Giving Me That Boost !!! I Actually Can Go To Music Vids And Stuff == Well As Long As I Am On This Side Of The Comp>>> ... !!!!
Unless your a gamer you will like it. NO more defragmenting or updating and restarting or very often. No more endless hours of scanning for BS and starts fast and shuts down quick! And now you can shut it down when your not using it!.............. Did you get Ububntu?
Yes I Got Ubuntu = The Only Trouble That I Am Having Is That When I Log-Off == It Looses[dumps] What I Bookmark !!!
That is wonderful news. We have to be leaders in the space program always. This is great news for John Glenn and so many who devoted there lives to the final frontier. And it means those who lost there lives did Not die in vain !!Post 13
Um O.K. = The Stargate Will Soon Be Opened !!!???? Butt For China ONLY !!!
That is good news.
Try going to Apps...Ubuntu software center.... search box type..flashplayer.. install! Good luck!
xxx ooo = I Believe I did That == Butt;; I Will Double Check That == Thank You for Your Assist !!!! By The Way = You Like My Avatar ???
Yes Bald Eagle! Nice and now they are no longer on the endangered spices list thanks to one of those wasteful government programs. Or check for updates.....are you using Firefox as your browser?
Now that they've found a planet so similar to ours, and they are talking commercial space travel, I can see it now, after the rich and big corps have decimated THIS planet, they can shell out big bucks to go live on the nice new planet while the poor folk are stuck with this one. With dirty water and air you can cut with a knife. Gotta love the Republicans. The party of We Don't Give a Rat's Patootie About You!
Wow = Um = Either I pushed A Wrong Button Or This Site is Goin' Bonkers === Yes = I Will go Back To Firefox --- I did Go to Msn And All Of The Bookmarks Would Vanish == So I'LL Go Back to Firefox And Test That !!! Thanx !!!!
We are all waiting!!!!!HeHe!
Thank God he is going, should be without his pension and retirement, he voted more time with republicans than with democrats. A true turncoat. He is a real piece of work!!!
Hey All NEW Blog Is Up On The Front Page ==== GO !!!
People have been fooled by the Tea Party Blue dogs and a weak attempt of these Fake Democrats! The politics in this country are much a bunch of crap!
I haven't heard much about the Occupiers or 99%ers of late good or bad!? I would vote for one of them if they decided to run. Long before I would vote for a Tea Party ahole!
I just heard on the news the Candidates aka Clowns have got in there buses heading to IOWA ! How many can sing THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND LOL?
As if there isn't enough corn in Iowa!
XXX OOO. Thats a good one.
Just love them corndogs!
Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, SNL, Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Chris Rock and every other comedian must be working round the clock with all the GOP material. I think Ron Paul will probably win Iowa. Of course he does not stand a chance in hell of getting the nomination, then again, if they;re enough TP delegates, he could get the GOP npom too. And Willard needs to stpo lying on the President. Romney still doesn;t get why he will never be president. Electing Romney would mean a war against women, the elderly, children, students, the middle class and working poor, the poor, the uninsured, immigrants, and diversity. It is the GOP policy craziness that will be Willard's downfall.
real,
the craziness of the GOP will be part of willard's downfall, the other part will be his flip-flopping.
So we face the nightmare of the GOP controlling all three branches after 2012. The idiotic electorate will get just what it deserves! Consolation prize: Mayan prophecies are fulfilled on 12/21 and the world ends and those clowns never get to take power! Good God, this world is going stark-staring bananas! Happy(?) New Year!
Blue dogs on the whole are a pretty worthless lot. It's not that they occasionally vote against their party's legislative effort, it's that they consistently, for political consideration, vote against their party's legislative effort.
Blue Dogs are nothing but T-P Republicans in Suits. Nelson was chief Dog!!!
Once again another one that is blind to the riders to said bills that would have given billionaires more tax cuts. 30+ years of tax cuts to the wealthy and 30+ years of no job creation ah anyone with an IQ higher then a special ed student would understand it don't work, not our re baggers though any day now they will feel that golden trickle on their head.
Nelson decided to let a real Republican take over, instead of the fake one he's been all along.