Rachel Maddow Show: Ben Nelson on the Stimulus Bill Compromises

[GypsyKing7]

You SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK­!

[SM1135ster]

This disgrafeful old political whore has disabled his facebook page and almost every other video- so glad i get to say Take Out The Trash Day Nov. 2, 2010 bye bye you crooked old vulture

[hockeyfanredwings]

what a spineless cock sucking weasel. jellyfish sellout. Have a conviction cock sucker.

[gemini067]

Ben Nelson, is incapable of the truth, he lies like a rug, pardon the pun, like Obama, he will say anything he thinks may get him a lollipop, or whatever he likes to suck. Nebraskans must remember this in November, and all Americans MUST vote against any and all incumbents, REGARDLESS OF PARTY. We must send a message, we will not tolerate people like Nelson, Dodd, Frank Pelosi, Reid, etc.

[josephdupont]

Its about keeping goverment jobs, not creating more jobs.

[GoLuckyOops]

"The fundamentals of the economy are sound."

- Ben Bernanke 2007

lol. That's all we need to know! The chairman of the FED's assurances about the results of what the FED did. Or at least what he can recall from memory about their secret meetings! haha. now THAT's transparency! lol.

Please help support the Federal Reserve Transparency Act! (senate S 604, house hr 1207)

Our representatives have the right and responsibility to audit the Federal Reserve!

[xaqary]

good god.  answer the fucking question.

[Zakdayak]

The Boll weevils will always rescue the Republicans.

[phoenixatom]

This "bi-partisan" consensus is such bullshit. That concept is over 40 years old, and has been proven to not work. They should have looked at the Senators who threatened to filibuster it, and said..."go ahead! Do that and see if you guys get elected next term when the economy is in even worse shape because you assholes wanted to play politics in the middle of an economic crisis!" I guarantee at least 1/3 of those Senators would have come around, and voted for the house version of the bill.

[colibri1]

She didn't ask if the stimulus package was or was not stimulative; she asked if the stimulus was now less stimulative than it was before items were removed from it I wish he had listened.

[waltermh111]

He was being stupid in alot of ways.

He said he made some compromises for the republican support then says he agrees with them anyway, so he would have wanted the takeouts anyway. He might as well not be using the excuse of needing republicans then.

Besides, why do we need the republicans with 58% when we have a democratic president who wont exactly be vetoing the bill.

You only need 60% to be veto proof.

Maybe to be filibuster proof?

[johnedwards1968]

You need those 3 senators. I know it's a lot to give for 3 votes, but that's the way the senate works.

[garthggarth]

I wonder, if the federal government doesn't want to help pay for new school construction in broke states, or aid states in danger of massive layoffs (at least according to this gentlemen), perhaps they could ditch the burden of 'no Child Left Behind' that the states have had to shoulder.