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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (23893)	12/31/2009 3:29:01 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

... Still others in Nebraska seem particularly irked that Senate leaders — as they were courting Mr. Nelson as the 60th vote — exempted Nebraska from paying for an expansion to its Medicaid program. “That’s not the way we operate,” said Gov. Dave Heineman, a Republican who is sometimes suggested as a possible opponent for Mr. Nelson in 2012. Mr. Heineman said that as news of the Medicaid provision spread, people in Nebraska felt embarrassed at the thought that they had been made part of some political deal, even if it was to benefit them. Any such exemption should affect all states, Mr. Heineman said, not just one. “Our citizens got angry,” he said. “It was an attack on their integrity.” On Wednesday, Senator Nelson declined a request for an interview through his spokesman. But his office has previously explained the Medicaid provision as one that actually grew out of a concern expressed in a letter weeks ago by Mr. Heineman about how the state would pay for changes brought by the health care proposals. Jake Thompson, a spokesman for Mr. Nelson, said it had not been the senator’s idea; Mr. Nelson had simply informed Senate leadership about Mr. Heineman’s letter, he said, and the leaders had come up with the solution. “If the governor asks Senator Nelson to have it removed, he will,” Mr. Thompson said. nytimes.com (Thus far... haven't heard a single PEEP from Governor Dave Heineman about whether he wants the Medicaid provision to be REMOVED from the bill. <GGG> Apparently the Dem leadership would be happy to remove it in a FLASH if the Republican Governor tells Senator Nelson that he really doesn't want the money for his State of Nebraska. :-) Think he should??????????