Nelson’s clock is ticking down. Nebraska has a 4.4% unemployment rate, so there’s not much he can promise the downtown Omahans. The rest of the state is still upset about the insult the Cornhusker Kickback is.
I would agree overall. I don’t think there is anyway he’ll win if he runs again. He’d be closer than any Democrat that ran in his place, though. Fortunately, the Nebraska Democrats have a standard crop of weak candidates. Other than Kerrey and Nelson (I guess maybe we could throw in Exon), Democrats just don’t do well statewide.