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  • Clinton: Failure a "colossal blunder"

    12/17/2009 3:45:56 PM PST · by SmithL · 31 replies · 1,846+ views
    SFGate: Politics Blog ^ | 12/17/9 | Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
    Nebraska Democratic holdout Sen. Ben Nelson has declared "not sufficient" the compromise abortion language offered to him, and is digging in by raising numerous other objections to the Senate health bill. His fellow home-state Senator, Republican Mike Johanns, joined a GOP press conference today railing against the legislation, reading aloud condemnations from Nebraska's governor, also a Republican, to intensify the pressure on Nelson. He appears not to need it. Former President Bill Clinton, who a few weeks ago wowed Democrats in their Senate luncheon chamber, clearly agrees with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's argument, and disagrees with Howard Dean's. He called...