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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-11 11:27 PM
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CQ: Nelson votes with party least
Via Omaha World Herald

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WASHINGTON — If the U.S. Senate were a high school — and it sometimes feels that way — Ben Nelson's yearbook superlative would be “Most Likely To Vote Against His Party.”

The Nebraska lawmaker supported his fellow Democrats last year on just 54 percent of so-called “party unity” votes — those in which a majority of Democrats opposed a majority of Republicans. That's according to Congressional Quarterly's annual vote study, which was released Monday.

Read more at: http://owweb.ow.atl.publicus.com/article/20110103/NEWS01/110109919
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Beavker Donating Member (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-11 05:01 PM
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1. He needs to be Primaried
Even if it's a Dem that may not beat the Republican...he needs to be removed from office. I won't vote Republican, but I won't vote for Ben...that's basicall what happened this election cycle all over the country, and we see what happened to the Dems.
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