Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), as referenced below, sold his vote on Obamacare for $100,000,000 in tax exemptions for the state of Nebraska. These exemptions are for that state only, related to Medicare payments, which means that the other 49 states will pay for Medicare coverage for residents of Nebraska.
Sen. Nelson had been holding out against voting for the bill because of the mandate for federally funding all elective abortions. He had loudly stated his objections to this. When he finally caved, however, it was for the money - I have seen no reports that would indicate that he got any meaningful changes to the abortion provisions in the bill.
At last count, Attorneys General from 13 states are planning on filing suit to contest the Constitutionality of Nelson's deal. They will state that is against our Constitution for one state to have a legally mandated advantage over the other 49. They will most probably win, and that provision of the bill will be ruled unConstitutional and thrown out.
Know what? The Democrats couldn't care less.
There is no Democrat, outside of the state of Nebraska, who gives a crap whether Nelson's deal stays or goes. The Democrat leadership certainly doesn't ... in fact they probably are hoping it will get chewed up and spit out in court. That would be one less round of ammunition for Republicans to use against them this coming fall. All they care about is having his vote NOW, while it is needed for Obamacare.
As of a poll taken yesterday, Nelson is currently running 31 points behind his potential Republican challenger for his Senate seat ... the election is in 2012. The people of Nebraska, by and large, are really pissed off at him for taking a moral stand, and then selling out. Nebraska is a pretty conservative state, and Obamacare is not very popular there. The only thing Nelson can state in his own defense is all the money he won for the state in exchange for his vote. If the $100,000,000 exemption doesn't survive, he may as well pack up his shit and move to Cuba. He will have no help from the National Democrat Party for his reelection - once they get the vote they need, he can dangle in the wind for all they care.
'What Goes Around Comes Around' is going to bite Sen. Ben Nelson in the ass very hard.
Update - Sen. Nelson called the Attorney General of South Carolina Henry McMaster on Dec. 31. McMaster is leading the effort by 13 Republican Attorneys General to challenge the Constitutionality of Nelson's deal. Nelson, according to notes taken by McMasters staff during the call, asked him to 'call off the dogs'.
Earth to Sen. Dumbass ... you brought this on yourself by selling your soul, and vote, to the Obamacare Devil. Don't you try and hide, deflect, or otherwise try to shift attention from yourself on this. Don't try to plead your way out of it, or try and pull some Chicago style political bullying against these Attorneys General. It won't work. Your goose is cooked, and no amount of weaseling on your part is going to get you out of it.
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