Talk:Ben Nelson
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[edit] Factually Accurate? NPOV?
Describing Senator Nelson as only one of two pro-life Democrat in the Senate (along with Harry Reid)) is not factually accurate. Both of North Dakota's senators have ratings from the National Right to Life Committee that are as high as or higher than Senator Reid. Senator Kent Conrad has a rating of 55% and Senator Byron Dorgan has a rating of 64%. This phrase needs to be changed, or should be removed.
Also, the phrase “...whose voting record reflects a lack of support for a woman's right to choose...” seems to be not meeting NPOV and is unnecessarily long. Perhaps it should read, “...whose voting record is pro-life.” This would seem to be more on neutral ground.
Removed the claim that Nelson "opposes most gun control laws". This is simply untrue -- he has had a consistent 'F' rating from the Gun Owners of America throughout his entire tenure. -- User:Spock 29 March, 2006 1222 (UCT)
I suggest deleting the speculative statement "all of which are conservative-leaning groups that would, in all likelihood, support Republicans elsewhere but for Nelson's conservative record" unless someone can rephrase it so that it is something like "all of which support Republicans most of the time" with proper citation. Alienmercy 11:55, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
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