BREAKING: Nebraska Democratic Senator Ben Nelson To Retire

cognitivedissonance:

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is set to announce on Tuesday that he will retire in 2012, a Democratic source has confirmed to TPM.

Nelson was already probably the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent going into 2012, and Republicans and GOP-aligned groups were already advertising against him.

Holding this seat could be difficult for Democrats, as the state voted 57%-42% for John McCain in 2008, and has not voted Democratic for president since the 1964 Lyndon Johnson landslide.

Nelson’s retirement was first reported by Politico.

Considering he was more Republican than Democrat, I’m not too broken up by this. However, Nebraskans should be careful they don’t wind up with a Tea Party acolyte. 

Bob Kerrey is indeed considering running for Ben Nelson’s Senate seat, @NBCNews reports. - @MAlexJohnson

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus

Notes

  1. kingbeetle reblogged this from randomactsofchaos and added:
    FUCK YES. I hated this guy. He was a complete sellout and a scumbag. Hopefully we’ll get a legitimate left-winger in...
  2. cassandracomplex reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  3. janf reblogged this from sheercalculatedsilliness
  4. trentallsman reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  5. kriszensufi reblogged this from kohenari and added:
    MAYBE A GOP THAT IS LESS REASONABLE AND MORE EXTREME THAN GOLDWATER WILL SHIFT THE BALANCE IN NEBRASKA
  6. questionall reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  7. dokimasia reblogged this from randomactsofchaos
  8. theamericanbear reblogged this from kohenari
  9. randomactsofchaos reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  10. justspeakeasy reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  11. ilyagerner reblogged this from kohenari and added:
    May we have Bob Kerrey speculation now? One day I will succeed in abolishing the Senate and launching its former...
  12. beekoz reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  13. politicalthinker reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  14. kohenari reblogged this from cognitivedissonance and added:
    My friend Michael Tofias and I were talking about Nelson just the other day and...made...
  15. sheercalculatedsilliness reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  16. kp777 reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  17. This was featured in #Politics
  18. browngurlwfro reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
  19. brooklynmutt reblogged this from cognitivedissonance and added:
    Bob Kerrey is indeed considering running for Ben Nelson’s Senate seat, @NBCNews reports. - @MAlexJohnson
  20. truth-has-a-liberal-bias reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
  21. reagan-was-a-horrible-president reblogged this from cognitivedissonance
  22. quickhits reblogged this from cognitivedissonance and added:
    My reaction was pretty much the same — no real loss here. Still, a Democrat in name only still counts as a Democrat and...
  23. aredneckbyanyothername said: Nebraska has elected some pretty cool people for Senate. I wouldn’t worry too much about the Tea Party taking over.