Nelson is as far left as he possibly can be to still retain a seat in NE with a "D" after his name.. in fact, he's been close to losing it before.
Nebraska is a VERY conservative State... Omaha is the only thing keeping it from being totally off the wall Conservative - and even here in the Omaha suburbs.. it's white middle income church going fiscal conservatives as far as the eye can see.
Look, I don't agree with Nelson on this.. but he has to play the blue dog role, or he won't ever get elected again.. and believe me - the guy who WILL get elected will look similar to Lee Terry or worse. You can't run as a progressive in this state and get enough votes to even come close to win. In Omaha? Yes.. but not the whole state.. it's Rural Farmland for 500 miles west of Omaha and small & rural doesn't exactly scream progressive.
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