Posted on 01/20/2010 6:29:28 PM PST by RobinMasters
Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.) reacts to the Massachusetts election in a statement (emphasis added):
“Clearly, the vote showed that people are frustrated with Washington...and I am too. That frustration will likely register across the board for all incumbents. The overriding message from yesterday is that people are upset because Washington is dysfunctional and not working together for them.
“The Massachusetts vote should be a wake-up call for Washington. Republicans now have 41 votes in the Senate, Democrats and Independents have 59. The 60/40 split that took us too far down the road to partisan gamesmanship is history.
“The vote should end the situation where one side thinks it doesn’t need the other, and the other thinks there’s no need to work together for the good of the nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
More than that - they should put government employees into Social Security instead of their deluxe pensions that most Americans cannot get...and they should also go on Medicare and not keep a separate program.
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