The price of selling out your vote to allow Harry Reid (D-NV) to get his 60th vote on a bill your constituents disapprove?
A 30 point losing margin against Gov. Dave Heineman (R-NE). Too bad the election isn’t today.
Now Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) will air a 30-second ad starting today during the Holiday Bowl football game between Nebraska and Arizona:
In his TV message to Nebraskans, Nelson says: “I listened to you and took a common-sense approach to improve the bill.
“Now it lowers costs for families and small business, protects Medicare, finally guarantees coverage for pre-existing conditions and reduces the deficit.
“And it’s not run by the government.
“I’m convinced this is right for Nebraska,” Nelson says.
Does he not get it? He’s becoming the poster boy for Washington elitism. That’s right — only he knows what’s good for Nebraskans. Not the constituents themselves. Forget the fact that he is supposed to represent the will of his voters, and the majority disapproves the senate health care bill. It’s obvious their voices were ignored.
Pure and simple. Sen. Nelson showed his constituents that his principles had a price tag and he eventually sold out.
