"Did you say Hagel? Is Chuck Hagel really a republican?"
Some of you may be familiar w this site, but I just found it and think it's pretty cool. Here's a link to Chuckie's voting record by category and issues within each:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Chuck_Hagel.htm
Here are Hagel's and his fellow Senator from Nebraska's American Conservative Union Voting Records. I find this interesting in that many consider Nelson to be a moderate, so I thought his might be slightly higher, though it did go up 8 points last year over the previous year, probably because he's up for re-election this year. I also thought Hagel's might be lower for last year, given the way he talks on the shows (pseudo maverick or McLame-Lite), but it actually improved from the previous year by 9 points.
HAGEL
2005: 96
2004: 87
Life: 86
Yrs in Senate: 9
Nelson
2005: 60
2004: 52
Life: 53
Yrs in Senate: 5
http://www.acuratings.org/2005all.htm#NE
Surprising data SC, but that 's Hagel's 9 years. Don't you think he was a constant pain for Prez's & Republicans' image lately? I would trade Ben Nelson for Chuck Hagel anytime. Atleast Nelson would not betray republicans if he is one.