Ben Nelson - Obama Presidency Oral History Ben Nelson Index / People Transcript Andrew Stern ...amongst conservative senators like like Senator Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln and—so we kept th... ...to get the Senate and the House, and Ben Nelson , the cornhusker amendment, on board... ...and then all the legislators, Ben Nelson got his deal. It just became again th... ...was just her delaying things. I mean, Ben Nelson we even got to vote for cloture. Tha... ...make about what should I say about Ben Nelson in Nebraska? And then Ben Nelson get... ...about Ben Nelson in Nebraska? And then Ben Nelson gets upset because the president'... ...mild pressure on Blanche Lincoln, or Ben Nelson , or Joe Lieberman,” or whoever i... ...do what we were doing, and then say to Ben Nelson , I'm guessing—Jim Messina could tel... ...turned OFA [Organizing for Action] onto Ben Nelson . OFA, I think, very much would hav... ...Lincoln because we were getting close. Ben Nelson , I think, finally—I don't know if i... ...amongst conservative senators like like Senator Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln and—so we kept th... ...to get the Senate and the House, and Ben Nelson , the cornhusker amendment, on board... ...and then all the legislators, Ben Nelson got his deal. It just became again th... ...was just her delaying things. I mean, Ben Nelson we even got to vote for cloture. Tha... ...make about what should I say about Ben Nelson in Nebraska? And then Ben Nelson get... ...about Ben Nelson in Nebraska? And then Ben Nelson gets upset because the president'... ...mild pressure on Blanche Lincoln, or Ben Nelson , or Joe Lieberman,” or whoever i... ...do what we were doing, and then say to Ben Nelson , I'm guessing—Jim Messina could tel... ...turned OFA [Organizing for Action] onto Ben Nelson . OFA, I think, very much would hav... ...Lincoln because we were getting close. Ben Nelson , I think, finally—I don't know if i... Show more... Tom Harkin ...For example, one of our holdouts was Ben Nelson , Senator Nelson from Nebraska... ...I forget who they were. There was Ben Nelson , Joe Lieberman, Mar... ...I got the president to call Ben Nelson down to the White House to talk to him... ...to do that.” I said, “You just sit Ben Nelson down there, knee to knee with Presiden... ...you, Ben had a list. [Laughs] I know Ben Nelson . He would have traded. Because it'... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...it. By then, famously, senators like Ben Nelson , Joe Lieberman, and I don't remembe... Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Native America Coming soon Africa Coming soon Education Coming soon