Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is starting to feel the heat for his vote on the health care package that basically no one outside of Harry Reid thinks is any good. As the latest Rasmussen poll indicates, Nebraskans are not too happy with Senator Nelson and if an election were held today, the good 'ol Senator from the Cornhusker State would be looking for work:
If Governor Dave Heineman challenges Nelson for the Senate job, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows the Republican would get 61% of the vote while Nelson would get just 30%. Nelson was reelected to a second Senate term in 2006 with 64% of the vote.
That's an embarrassing freefall but Nelson brought it on himself. As I've been saying all along, a vote for ObamaCare would prove to be a vote for a spot in the unemployment line for many of these politicians representing conservative leaning districts. Nelson basically ignored his constituents, made some backroom deals with Harry Reid, and then voted for something that an overwhelming majority of his base did not approve of:
Nelson's health care vote is clearly dragging his numbers down. Just 17% of Nebraska voters approve of the deal their senator made on Medicaid in exchange for his vote in support of the plan. Overall, 64% oppose the health care legislation, including 53% who are Strongly Opposed.
And now he's paying the price. Nelson's pathetic numbers are just the beginning though. Voters across the country will send a strong message beginning in the 2010 midterm elections, with what I predict will be a conservative tidal wave of sweeping change in both the House and Senate.
It will undoubtedly be a "teachable moment" for politicians who choose to ignore the people that got them elected.
