Ben Nelson - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Ben Nelson Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...House. The Senate bill did not, because Ben Nelson , a senator from Nebraska, who was ... ...who simply wouldn't do it, led by Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who was a former insuranc... ...the late fall, in the negotiations with Ben Nelson —was there was this sense that a lo... Harry Reid ...And the final vote I needed was Ben Nelson , from Nebraska. Ben was a ver... ...have passed without him. I still call Ben Nelson every six weeks or so, just to tell hi... 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'... Pete Rouse ...[Olympia J.] Snowe. Plus, you had some— Ben Nelson , Joe Lieberman, other people lik... ...the day we closed the deal to convince Ben Nelson to support this, because his concer... ...with these folks. And it was Ben Nelson . We had to agree to some stuff fo... ...wanted to ask about Medicaid expansion. Senator Ben Nelson had requested that Nebraska b... ...too. And the fundamental truth is that Ben Nelson and his staff felt that if he voted fo... ...to negotiate on this, but I'll give Ben Nelson credit, because he was the one who wa... ...Boxer in California is one thing, but Ben Nelson in Nebraska is another. So I think Be... ...in Nebraska is another. So I think Ben Nelson doesn't get as much credit as h... Show more... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...it. By then, famously, senators like Ben Nelson , Joe Lieberman, and I don't remembe... Jim Messina ...choice advocate, and on the other side Ben Nelson of Nebraska. I will never forget thi... ...of staff's office, David Krone. We had Ben Nelson sitting with Harry Reid in his office... ...and his wishes. Again, we dealt with Ben Nelson on that, and some other folks who car... Rahm Emanuel ...[Olympia J.] Snowe, and Susan Collins. [Ben] Nelson would do what—because he was fro... 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... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Russia Russia go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the The People's House The People's House