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tnr.com - 24 days ago

Obama's Anzio, Or Ben Nelson's?

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Paul Krugman's column today is about how the stimulus was too small. I agree entirely. What I find puzzling is his apparent belief that teh Obama administration is the primary culprit for this shortcoming. Here's Krugman: read more

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 24 days ago

Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, Destroy Planet, Let Health Care Languish

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I suspect we’re going to be hearing a lot more of this sort of thing in the... weeks to come: Democrat Ben Nelson, a Senator from Nebraska, said the slumping economy and rising joblessness will be factors as Congress considers climate change ... (more) Nelson: Bad Economy Means We Should Wreck Economy, ...

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Bill Nelson

Health care

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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 25 days ago

CNBC Exposes Hypocrisy Of Ben Nelson’s ‘Prairie Populism’

— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Last Friday on CNBC, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) bashed clean energy reform as a scheme to raise... electricity costs and prop up Wall Street. Nelson reaffirmed his opposition to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act , legislation supported by ... (more) CNBC Exposes Hypocrisy Of Ben Nelson’s ‘Prairie Populism’

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Bill Nelson

Global Warming

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politico.com - 21 days ago

Ben Nelson: Need Stupak language in bill

— politico.com — November 09, 2009 Ben Nelson: Need Stupak language in bill Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) wants to see... abortion language as restrictive as the Stupak amendment in the health care reform bill, his spokesman told POLITICO Monday. Senator Nelson is strongly ... (more) Ben Nelson: Need Stupak language in bill

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Bill Nelson

Fred Thompson

Harry Reid

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The Latest In Obama As Ineffectual: Obama As 1938 Czechoslovakia?
TalkLeft — With defenders like Jon Chait, President Obama needs no enemies: Krugman's column employs a pretty good World War II analogy. Let me use another: imagine a scathing column about the 1938 Munich accord that devotes most of its energy to castigating Czechoslovakian President Edvard Benes for his ineffectual efforts to gain the support of Britain and France, rather than putting Britain and France at the center of the story. Obama as 1938 Czechoslovakia? That's the defense? Wow. I know that the Village wonks (Yglesias, Ezra Klein, Jon ...