SENATOR BEN NELSON (D-NEBRASKA) REJECTS WHITE HOUSE ADVANCES
According to the OMAHA WORLD HERALD, Ben Nelson has decided not to accept the offer to become agriculture secreatary &, in effect, add another republican to the senate...
WASHINGTON - Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has told the White House he is not interested in becoming President Bush's agriculture secretary, a congressional source told The World-Herald on Thursday.
The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said White House political adviser Karl Rove called Nelson last Friday and asked if he would take the job if President Bush offered it. After consideration over the weekend, Nelson said no Wednesday evening, the source said.
...But David Kramer, the state Republican Party chairman, scoffed at the idea of Nelson joining Bush's Cabinet.
"I think this is classic Ben Nelson, having a conversation, leaking it to the press and then trying to play it down afterwards," Kramer said.