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Rowan
RowanBrandon
Junior Chimp
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« on: December 29, 2009, 10:49:50 AM »

The good news for Senator Ben Nelson is that he doesn’t have to face Nebraska voters until 2012.

If Governor Dave Heineman challenges Nelson for the Senate job, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows the Republican would get 61% of the vote while Nelson would get just 30%. Nelson was reelected to a second Senate term in 2006 with 64% of the vote.

Nelson's health care vote is clearly dragging his numbers down. Just 17% of Nebraska voters approve of the deal their senator made on Medicaid in exchange for his vote in support of the plan. Overall, 64% oppose the health care legislation, including 53% who are Strongly Opposed. In Nebraska, opposition is even stronger than it is nationally.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2012/nebraska/election_2012_nebraska_senate
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Rowan
RowanBrandon
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 6,692


Political Matrix
E: 1.94, S: 4.70

« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 07:41:01 PM »

If he runs, he'll win again.  Nelson is all kinds of popular, and one vote four years out won't cost him the election, especially not with a seat on Appropriations to funnel money to Nebraska.

What are you smoking? All kinds of popular? His favorables are 40/55.
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