I just found myself a Democrat Boyfriend!

[peacenlove2332.livejournal.com]

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Friday that he will oppose legislation that would give people the option of a public health insurance plan. The move puts him on the opposite side of two-thirds of Americans.

 

A poll released this week by Consumer Reports National Research Center showed that 66 percent of Americans back the creation of a public health plan that would compete with private plans. Nelson, in comments made to CQ, joins the 16 percent of poll respondents who said they oppose the plan.

Nelson's problem, he told CQ, is that the public plan would be too attractive and would hurt the private insurance plans. "At the end of the day, the public plan wins the game," Nelson said. Including a public option in a health plan, he said, was a "deal breaker."

A Nelson spokesman didn't return a call for comment.

As he so often does, Nelson said, according to CQ, that he planned to form a "coalition of like-minded centrists opposed to the creation of a public plan, as a counterweight to Democrats pushing for it."

That coalition will not include 16 Democratic senators who signed a letter calling for a public plan earlier this week, including Senate leaders Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Charles Schumer (N.Y.).

If Democrats use the reconciliation process to pass health care reform, however, Nelson's vote would not be needed, as only a simple majority could pass the legislation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/01/ben-nelson-plans-to-oppos_n_194907.html



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heh heh he can expect plenty of angry emails from the bleeding heart liberals....

Comments

[spamandtoast.livejournal.com]

I'll admit it, I voted for Nelson... he's a good guy. He's *very* much a Democrat on a lot of issues, but he's conservative where it matters.

[peacenlove2332.livejournal.com]

Haha. That sounds like democrats around here... if they got too liberal their constituents would flip out ;)

[spamandtoast.livejournal.com]

LOL. And it's very bizarre to have a Dem. from Nebraska but the Republicans that run against him aren't too, I dunno, trustworthy? I did not like the Rep. candidate at all.

[peacenlove2332.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean!

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Isn't the ghastly Chuck Hagel from Nebraska?

[spamandtoast.livejournal.com]

Oh dear Lord don't remind me!! DDDD: What I wouldn't give to get rid of that man.

[izuko.livejournal.com]

I wonder how Specter is going to vote. I'll admit that I'm amused at the prospect of him voting against it... leading the Democrats to start to wonder if he's as much of a liability to them as he was to us.

[peacenlove2332.livejournal.com]

Heh heh maybe he'll become a DINO ;)

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Now if only he would switch over to the Republican party, it would be a fair trade for Specter...

[peacenlove2332.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll take Nelson haha.