Yes - GWB made sure Johanns didn’t run against him in 2006. That worked out just fine, huh?!?
I had not heard that. Gov Johanns wanted to challenge Nelson in 2006? That would have been a good race. Though ‘06 was a disastrous year so I suspect Nelson would have been favored anyway. Maybe we would have been better off if Nelson had won when he first ran in 1996. Then we wouldn’t have had “maverick” Sen Hagel. When Ben ran for reelection in a good Republican year of 2002 he could have been defeated then.
As I recall, when Nelson did win in 2000 it was by a very narrow margin. What a shame.