Comments on: Ben Nelson comes out against reconciliation bill http://nealo.com/2010/03/22/ben-nelson-comes-out-against-reconciliation-bill/ a collection of editorial cartoons by neal obermeyer Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: neal http://nealo.com/2010/03/22/ben-nelson-comes-out-against-reconciliation-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-199451 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:39:40 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=3006#comment-199451 In reply to Matthew.

Oh I don’t think it’s about the Kickback at all — just that this means he’ll end up voting to protect it and against the “Cornhusker Kickoff” that he claims was part of the plan all along. It’s an unfortunate situation for him to be in, but also kind of strange — Nelnet has been saying for months now that they’re not too worried about the bill, as they’ve adjusted their business model.

]]> By: Matthew http://nealo.com/2010/03/22/ben-nelson-comes-out-against-reconciliation-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-199449 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:31:33 +0000 http://nealo.com/?p=3006#comment-199449 As hard as it is to believe, I don’t really think this is about the Cornhusker kickback. He got so much flak for that, even nationally, that he must have been ready to throw it to the side. I think this is mostly a political vote as he heads into re-election down big. Plus he knows that his vote won’t be the deciding one this time. He can vote no and then claim both responsibility for the benefits of the bill yet avoid some of the negativity that comes for voting for a Democratic reform while being a senator from Nebraska.

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