Reply #101: Good for Kerrey for pulling that off.

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But I still don't blame Nelson for representing his state. And he does it as a Senate moderate, by the way, not as a conservative. There are 55 Senators who are more conservative than he is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kerrey

"As a Senator, Kerrey had a relatively liberal voting record despite the fact that Nebraska is one of the most conservative states in the union. He was one of only a handful of senators, for example, to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. Kerrey also led the opposition in the Senate to the proposed flag burning amendment, which failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority needed for passage. His record on economic issues was mixed but generally liberal. He voted against phasing out many farm subsidy programs, lawsuit reform measures such as the Private Securities Litigations Reform Act, and he was one of the twelve senators to vote against the Personal Responsibility Act of 1995, a welfare reform bill vetoed by President Clinton. Kerrey's record on environmental issues and taxation was more moderate, and he was a strong supporter of free trade and limiting the size of the federal government."


And check out Nelson's record on wwwprogressivepunch.com

Ben Nelson votes with the progressives almost HALF of the time (in 48% of the votes).
By contrast, of the 55 Republican Senators, 45 of them take progressive positions less than 15% of the time.
Not one Republican Senator is as progressive as Nelson. Chaffee (at 44%) and Specter (35%) are the closest. Again, the vast majority of the Republicans vote progressive positions less than 15% of the time.