Report: Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson to retire

[Perdogg]

usa today

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/12/ben-nelson-retirement/1

[fieldmarshaldj]

Fortunately, Nebraska ain’t New Jersey.

[Hammer Tym]

Nelson, you are a wuss. Face the voters and take your lumps, you POS.

[Hammer Tym]

Nelson, you are a wuss. Face the voters and take your lumps, you POS.

[RedMDer]

Absolute shame on you POS Nelson, you sell-out Bastard!
Sold your soul for ObamaCare!

[ponygirl]

His political career ended the moment he voted for Obozocare.

My money says he knew it at the time, too. His vote came at a price... a cushy lobbyist job and other assorted perks after he resigned because he knew he would never get re-elected after voting for that monstrosity. He only held out until he got the deal he wanted for his "retirement."

When this society collapses, I hope people like Nelson spend the rest of their days looking over their shoulders.

[CCGuy]

Nelson's popularity fell among Nebraskans in the wake of his cloture vote. A December 2009 Rasmussen poll indicated that in a hypothetical Nelson–Heineman race, the Republican would get 61% of the vote to Nelson's 30%. In the same poll, 64% of the Nebraska voters surveyed were opposed to the health-care bill.

Enough said. He just didn't want to be embarrassed!

[combat_boots]

Let stones begin to bleed.
Then, I will care.

[ScottinVA]

Now he can enjoy all the riches his 30 pieces of Obamacare silver will bring.

[ScottinVA]

A much more likely scenario, along with "Judas" Sestak.

Pretty sure you mean Bart Stupak, but your point is well taken.

[randita]

Oh, then there was Walter Mondull, but the Wellstone memorial pep rally pretty well sealed his fate.

[randita]

Nelson has a very important legacy. He proved to the voters of Nebraska (and to the entire nation) that there’s no such thing as a conservative Democrat.

[blam]

He got his pot of gold....now, it’s time to run before the revolution catches up with him.

[jtal]

Yes you are correct (sheepish grin).

In my defense, Sestak too is a nominal Catholic but has a 100% approval rating from NARAL, is a leftist, and has a 2 syllable name beginning with “S”. :-)

[Beowulf9]

Just heard about this, brightened up my morning! Great news:)

[bkopto]

Nebraskans should throw his a$$ out of Nebraska. Let this jackass retire in Illinois, CA or NY, where he belongs.

[Theodore R.]

There’s two bad “Nelsons” there, NE and FL. People think they are “conservative.”

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ah, yes... the Nuremburg Funerally. They don’t come much more tasteless than that. I can’t believe that scumbag Harkin didn’t go under as a result of that.

[ExCTCitizen]

There’s two bad “Nelsons” there, NE and FL. People think they are “conservative.”

It will a 'NELSON-FREE' Senate when Bill Nelson gets his A$$ handed to him.

[traviskicks]

excellent