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Offline thundley4

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Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« on: December 27, 2011, 12:58:26 PM »



"Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska will announce today that he is retiring after two terms, a serious blow to Democratic efforts to hold onto their majority in the chamber next November.
Nelson is scheduled to hold a press conference back home in Nebraska as early as today to make his decision official, said several Democratic insiders close to the leadership.

The 70-year-old Nelson was considered one of the most endangered Democratic incumbents this cycle. GOP-affiliated outside groups have already dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into TV ads bashing Nelson, while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent over $1 million on their own ad blitz to bolster his image.
The White House and top Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), had quietly mounted a pressure campaign to keep Nelson from retiring. Nelson has more than $3 million in his campaign war chest, and his approval rating solidified after falling over the last several years.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70879.html#ixzz1hlMwineZ
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2011, 01:14:31 PM »
Bon voyage.


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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 01:17:17 PM »
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 01:40:35 PM »
When you sell your soul for socialism, is there any other outcome? :???: O-)
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2011, 01:58:47 PM »
McCaskill didn't even do it for Socialism, it was for the Cult of the Dear Leader.  I sure hope the GOP has the guts to nail the cause for Congressional inaction on Reid and his DemonRat majority in the Senate.  Claire has got to go!  I swear, if a dog wins the primary here for her GOP challenger, my vote's going to Fido! 
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2011, 02:13:03 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2011, 01:17:17 PM
DUmmies react to the news.

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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2011, 03:21:45 PM »
It was pretty much inevitable, although recently there were noises he was going to run for re-election (the Republican field is pretty big, and fragmented, at the moment), and so one was left sitting on the edge of one's chair.

The senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska is 70 years old, and unlike other states, seventy is "old" for a politician; we tend to encourage them to retire out to pasture before then.

He would have faced a tough re-election, given his caving in on the 0bama health care debacle; but again, the splitting of the Republican votes for various candidates in the primary perhaps gave him some hope.

We're probably going to see two things happen now: one is that Scott Kleeb, a failed candidate for the U.S. House in 2008 and a failed candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010, is going to be touted again as the Democrats' best hope for holding onto this seat.  He's reasonably young, he's charismatic, and superficially "conservative."

I guess the best way to counter that is by reminding Nebraskans the old adage: if one's conservative, better to support a "liberal" Republican than a "conservative" Democrat.  When push comes to shove, a liberal Republican will vote with the majority of his party, which is conservative, while a conservative Democrat will vote with the majority of his party, which is liberal.

We can afford to give liberal Republicans a few crumbs now and then, since they help us getting a bigger piece of the loaf.

However, probably much to the relief of the "100%"ers here, all the Republicans running for the seat are safely and strongly conservative anyway, so that issue's irrelevant.

The other thing that's probably going to happen is that Nebraska Republicans will start coalescing behind one candidate, instead of as we are, being split among about six.

My personal preference is for Deborah Fisher, a rancher-attorney from dutch508's part of Nebraska, the western edge of the Sandhills--she would certainly cancel out the probable Democrat candidate's "cowboy" allure--but I'll be happy with whoever the (R) candidate is.
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2011, 03:25:15 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2011, 12:58:26 PM



But he has all the qualifications required to be a good democrat....good hair. :-)
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2011, 03:30:56 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2011, 01:17:17 PM
DUmmies react to the news.

Seems the DUmptards are just now seeing those first few raindrops on the windshield which harken the deluge to come. Whether they realize it or not they've actually been in the eye of the same storm that roared in with NO-vember '10. Now they're about to reap the fury once more.  :zap:

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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2011, 03:33:05 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on December 27, 2011, 03:25:15 PM
But he has all the qualifications required to be a good democrat....good hair. :-)

The primitives wouldn't like any Nebraska Democrat.
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2011, 04:11:08 PM »
Reading the DUmp Comments is great fun. They see the train a comin ,it's rolln down the track. To bad they are like deer in the light of that train and they are not moving.
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2011, 05:12:43 PM »
Tootle-****ing-loo, Ben.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2011, 05:29:45 PM »
21 Democraps, 10 Repubs and 2 Independents are up for reelection to the Senate. If the Repub party puts up good candidates, they should win control of the Senate easily and could get to the magic 60 number. A Repub President and Senate filibuster proof control would be great. 
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2011, 05:37:31 PM »
Old Ben knows what coming down the Pike. Its Inevitable and its bigger than 2010.

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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2011, 05:39:36 PM »
He was dead in the water anyways after the way he handled Obamacare.
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2011, 06:45:33 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on December 27, 2011, 04:11:08 PM
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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2011, 04:27:54 AM »
First Fwrank, now Nelson.

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Re: Ben Nelson retiring from Senate
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2012, 10:00:03 AM »
1.  The GOP needs a net gain of 4 in the Senate for nominal control.

2.  The GOP needs a net gain of 8 in the Senate for effective control.

3.  The GPO needs a net gain of 13 in the Senate for Legislative control.

I thought option 3 was out of the question but it's beginning to look more doable.
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