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Donna Summer Disco
Posted on 09/07/2007 10:54:26 PM PDT by LdSentinal
a conservative Dem...we have the same problem in KS, though it is in the House, so it is much less serious of an issue since the Senate matters much more.
Darn, I was so looking forward to the Hagel/Paul ticket.
The only person I can think of who could defeat Bob Kerry would be ex-Governor Mike Johanns.
You don’t think Bruning can do it?
Heineman can do it and so can Shane Osborne.
Probably not. During the 1990’s, he was a Reagan-bashing liberal.
another RINO bites the dust... excellent!
The RINOs are jumping while they can. They know that come Nov 08 that anyone who voted for the immigration bill is history.
The RINOs are jumping while they can. They know that come Nov 08 that anyone who voted for the immigration bill is history.
“another RINO bites the dust... excellent!”
But who will his replacement be?
“Hoohah! Two RINOs - Warner and Hagel GONE! Things are looking up. “
Exactly! If a majority is based on those two, I’d rather stay a minority .. this is just clearing brush to allow new and hopefully more wholesome growth.
Isn’t there a constitutional restriction against cruel and unusual punishment?
The Petraeus Report claims it’s first political casualty, and good riddance!
You might also check when the last time that NE went Democrat in a Prez election son.
BEN NELSON
Cooperation with Republicans
He was the only Democrat to vote in favor of Brown; he was later the first Democratic senator to support Samuel Alito’s confirmation to the USSC. Nelson also has voted twice, with three other Democrats, to end Senate debate over President Bush’s UN Ambassador nominee John Bolton.
Views on abortion
Nelson is one of few Democrats in the Senate with a pro-life voting record. Nelson is a member of the Democrats for Life of America, a national organization for pro-life members of the Democratic party that advocates a 95% reduction in the number of abortions performed over the next 10 years. In the 2006 election, Nelson was endorsed by Nebraska Right to Life[2] and Nebraskans United for Life[3] — the two largest pro-life organizations in the state.
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Norman Hsu will defeat Bob Kerrey
Maybe what - 30 years ago? Sorry. The color codes for red being conservative and blue being dem have been well established now for decades -- without your permission.
Adios, Chuck!
How about Lindsey Graham?
Nelson say it’s time to change policy in Iraq
By DON WALTON / Lincoln Journal Star
Wednesday, Sep 05, 2007 - 03:56:00 pm CDT
Sen. Ben Nelson said Wednesday he’ll push for a change in the military mission when the Senate next week resumes consideration of U.S. policy in Iraq.
U.S. troops should be phased out of sectarian conflict in Baghdad, Nelson said, and redeployed to pursue and destroy al-Qaida elements in Iraq.
That transition over a six-month period would lead to reduced troop levels without any artificial deadlines for U.S. withdrawal, he said.
While the Bush administration may argue its surge of additional combat troops is showing some military success, Nelson said, it is not leading to the political accommodation required for peace and stability.
“It’s very difficult to see what reducing violence in Baghdad has achieved,” he told his weekly telephone news conference from Washington.
Without Iraqi progress in achieving a political settlement and national stability, Nelson said, it’s hard to argue that U.S. policy is succeeding.
“In that context,” the Democratic senator said, “I don’t think the surge has worked.”
Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker will deliver a report to Congress next week measuring progress in meeting benchmarks for Iraqi success.
Nelson co-authored the congressional benchmark provision contained in legislation providing supplemental appropriations to continue to fund the war.
Early assessments, including a Government Accountability Office report, suggest there has been “little or no progress” in achieving those benchmarks, Nelson said.
Among the key missing pieces, Nelson said, are sharing of oil revenue, restoration of experienced Baath Party civil servants and bureaucrats, and provincial elections.
Those, he said, are elements required for “a lasting peace.”
Nelson, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he will visit Iraq later this month for his own on-the-ground assessment.
During his time in Nebraska during the August congressional recess, Nelson said, “Iraq certainly dominated the conversation almost everywhere.”
Most Americans, he said, are asking “when will our troops come home.”
On other matters, Nelson said:
— no progress appears likely in the Senate this month on a new farm bill.
— he hopes former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey will return to Nebraska and enter the 2008 Senate race if Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel decides not to seek re-election.
Decades? No, just the last 2 Presidential elections. The MSm didn’t want to identify themselves as “Reds”, since it was too obvious.
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