Rasmussen: Ben Nelson down 30 points to Heineman after health-care reversal

[bijou]

Ah, the wages of pork:

    The good news for Senator Ben Nelson is that he doesn’t have to face Nebraska voters until 2012.

    If Governor Dave Heineman challenges Nelson for the Senate job, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that Heineman would get 61% of the vote while Nelson would get just 30%.

    The health care vote is clearly dragging Nelson’s numbers down. Just 17% of Nebrasaka voters approve of the deal their Senator made on Medicaid in exchange for his vote. Overall, 64% oppose the health care legislation, including 53% who are Strongly Opposed. Fifty-six percent (56%) believe that passage of the legislation will hurt the quality of care and 62% believe it will raise costs.

    If Nelson votes to block final passage of the health care plan, he would still trail Heineman but be in a much more competitive situation.

    When survey respondents were asked how they would vote in Nelson blocks health care reform, 47% still pick Heneman while 37% would vote to keep Nelson in office.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer flip-flopper.  Most Nebraskans appear to agree.  Despite getting hundreds of millions of dollars for his home state in a grubby deal with Harry Reid for his vote on ObamaCare, 55% of Nebraskans disapprove of Nelson’s performance, with only 40% approving. ...

  http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/29/rasmussen-ben-nelson-down-30-points-to-heineman-after-health-care-reversal/

[franksolich]

Uh huh.

I told you so.

[Eupher]

Nelson is betting on the very short memory that seems to infect most Americans. God willing, Nebraskans won't be so afflicted in 2012.

[franksolich]

Nelson is betting on the very short memory that seems to infect most Americans. God willing, Nebraskans won't be so afflicted in 2012.

He'll probably vote against the final bill, so he can say he was against it.

It's a trick that's been used before.

But quite possibly now people are tired of that trick.

[franksolich]

Nelson is no spring chicken, either.

It could be that he's retiring in 2012 anyway.

Unlike Vermont and West Virginia, Nebraska doesn't keep senators until they're ancient.

Old maybe, but not ancient.