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Ben Nelson to Henry McMaster: 'Call off the dogs'

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like ol' Ben is desperate to save his political life. Good.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-02 02:12|| 2010-01-02 02:12|| Front Page Top

#2 As a general rule, you should avoid taking the advice of anyone in the other party. Keep the heat on until both Nelson and this turkey "healthcare" bill are cooked through and through.

Posted by PBMcL 2010-01-02 02:33|| 2010-01-02 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Nelson sounds more like a blind man making his way through a furniture store. If he were smart he'd STFU and hope this thing dies.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-02 06:31|| 2010-01-02 06:31|| Front Page Top

#4 "Senator Nelson said it would be 'fixed' by extending the Cornhusker Kickback (100% federal payment) on Medicaid to every state."
Senate Democratic leaders have made no reference to a plan to expand the Nebraska deal to the remaining 49 states -- a move that would be prohibitively expensive to the federal government and raise serious questions about whether health reform would lower the expected federal deficit, as President Barack Obama claims it would.

There's the story. This pig of a bill is already more than any nation could afford. the S-AGs should call BS on this and go for the jugular.

Posted by Free Radical 2010-01-02 06:51|| 2010-01-02 06:51|| Front Page Top

#5 As a general rule, you should avoid taking the advice of anyone in the other party.

Well, then he should follow the advice of one of his own party - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-02 08:13|| 2010-01-02 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Extending the deal to all 50 states isn't just prohibitively expensive, it also completely federalizes Medicaid, which is and has been a joint effort between the states and the feds.

Once you do that why not federalize all of education, etc?

Posted by Steve White 2010-01-02 11:18|| 2010-01-02 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Once you do that why not federalize all of education, etc?

Why even have states? Think of the costs savings in reducing 50 redundant administrative units and bureaucracies to a couple dozen or less. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-02 11:47|| 2010-01-02 11:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Once you do that why not federalize all of education, etc?

Why the hell would they want to do that? They already control education via the NEA now - and without any pesky congressional oversight.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-02 12:08|| 2010-01-02 12:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Gee Ben, it's a little late for civility. Doncha think?

Posted by Iblis 2010-01-02 12:27|| 2010-01-02 12:27|| Front Page Top

#10 "why not federalize all of education"

I thought the Dems already had. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-02 18:03|| 2010-01-02 18:03|| Front Page Top

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