Politics 101: What Matters is What the Voters Think Print This Post Email This Post


After all the advertising in Nebraska and phone calls to Senator Nelson, and Sen. Ben Nelson’s own statements about ObamaCare, he is is going up with an ad in Nebraska to let the voters hear directly from the Senator himself.

NEWSFLASH:  It is irrelevant what the Senator thinks the bill does, now that he voted for it.

What matters is what the voters think.

From the Journal Star:

As a fresh poll measured the political cost of Sen. Ben Nelson’s health reform vote, he prepared Tuesday to take his case directly to Nebraskans during Wednesday night’s Holiday Bowl game.

Nelson will air a new TV ad in which he attempts to debunk opposition claims that the Senate legislation represents a government takeover, and he makes the case for health care reform.

“With all the distortions about health care reform, I want you to hear directly from me,” the Democratic senator says in the ad.

In the words of Jim Carey: “Well, all righty then…”