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CNN's Inside politics report that Rove offered Nelson (D. Ne) Sec of Agriculture..Rove is BRILLIANT
INside politics..CNN
Posted on 11/17/2004 1:01:51 PM PST by ken5050
Judy (hmmm?) Woodruff just had a report that Karl Rove had offered Nebraska Sen Ben Nelson the post of Secretary of Agriculture. Nelson is up in 2006...and facing a hard race from popular GOP Gov Mike Johanns. Nelson is among the most conservative of Senate Dems..Does this make sense, because Nelson votes with the GOP on most of the key issues..?
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To: Uncle Vlad
Yes, Mike Johanns, Nebraska's governor, is a Republican, but he's a RINO. If Nelson was offered the Secretary of Agriculture position, he would do a good job. Johanns would certainly appoint Nelson's successor, but the successor might be another RINO like Hagel, then we'd be stuck with two of them.I'm not sure why you think this. Johanns is solidly pro-life and anti-tax.
Hagel, of course, is despicable.
To: Bikers4Bush
Moderates should go. They just make things difficult anyways.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:33:55 PM PST
by
graf008
To: graf008
"moderates in both parties have left. In that environment, true power may come from a third group."That's the type of nonsense that poli sci profs would tell their students while still high from last night's party. It has no bearing on the real world, however.
Power in the Senate comes from holding the Majority. That's who chairs committees. That's who decides when to bring up "which" legislation and nominations. Moreover, it's the majority Party that decides on the final content of bills during the House-Senate conferences after all but the final voice votes are taken.
Buck the Majority party in the Senate and you lose your plum committee assignments. You lose your Party campaign funding. You lose support for your own legislation and nominations. In short, you lose.
So "power" doesn't come from so-called moderates who buck the Majority Party's Senate leadership.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:34:11 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: rampage8
Yes, a Governor can appoint any qualified person, including him/herself.
To: ken5050
To: Howlin
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:34:51 PM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: graf008
Moderates should go.Excactly WHO are you talking about?
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:35:22 PM PST
by
Howlin
(I love the smell of mandate in the morning.)
To: ken5050; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; amom; AndreaZingg; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
88
posted on
11/17/2004 1:35:29 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
To: Bikers4Bush
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:35:53 PM PST
by
Howlin
(I love the smell of mandate in the morning.)
To: graf008
"You get dangerous when the Dems pull within 2 or 3 of control. Defections are bound to occur..."Rubbish. Senators don't switch to be in a minority Party. No Senator wants to lose *both* seniority as well as Majority status. Goodbye chairing committees. Goodbye getting your pet legislation introduced on the floor, much less passed. Goodbye campaign funding. Goodbye prime Senate office space. Goodbye top-level staff funding. In short, goodbye.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:37:41 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: bushisdamanin04
Did you eat today? Do you wear clothes?
As ag is the food and fiber industry, you might want to care about ag.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:38:12 PM PST
by
Frank L
To: RockinRight
Talent is going to have a tough fight in Missouri, there's still the midnight precincts in St. Louis...
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:38:20 PM PST
by
WoodstockCat
(W2 !!! Four more Years!!)
To: Howlin
For starters Specter and Chaffee.
93
posted on
11/17/2004 1:38:21 PM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: ken5050
If that's the standard, then Rove should talk to Dorgan or Conrad in the farm state of ND, both Dems, both former tax commissioners, and both conservative "back home" with their conservative constituencies. (Conrad is the hilarious one who carries charts all the time, LOL! Dorgan is the one that Rush refers to as "helmet head".) The Republican governor just won overwhelming re-election, and both of them have gone as far as they can go while being from ND. It would be a step up for them, a slap to Daschle (since they were followers of his), and would allow appointment of a Republican to the Senator position.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:38:41 PM PST
by
alwaysconservative
(It wasn't the GOP who ran sKerry for President and Dems want to think they're the smart ones? LOL!)
To: lysie
Thanks for the ping. Cycling the story to see if it gets any bites.
Prairie
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:38:47 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
To: West Coast Conservative
Unless I'm mistaken, Lieberman has no military service. I don't think there has ever been a Sec of Defense who didn't serve at lease some time in uniform.
96
posted on
11/17/2004 1:39:40 PM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: EagleUSA
Too bad Zell Miller will not switch...or maybe after today, he might...He's outta there in January anyway, but as long as he votes with the Repubs, that's ok by me.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:39:40 PM PST
by
SuziQ
(Bush in 2004-Because we are Americans!!!!)
To: Mountain Dewd
The Omaha World Herald has a survey showing Nelson and Johanns in a virtual dead heat for the seat before any campaigning has even begun. wouldn't be suprised is this ended up in Nelson's email inbox from Rove...
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:40:22 PM PST
by
WoodstockCat
(W2 !!! Four more Years!!)
To: Howlin
In the Senate: Snowe, Chafee, Specter, Collins, etc.
In the House: Amo Houghton and Jack Quinn types (Houghton and Quinn both retired).
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:40:26 PM PST
by
graf008
To: Ditto
Well - kinda of a skewed statistic since a few President's back we had men who served during times of conscription.
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posted on
11/17/2004 1:41:27 PM PST
by
graf008
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