Nelson "likely" to Join Bayh Caucus

A few weeks ago, Matt Stoller reported (via Roll Call) that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh was forming a new Senate caucus of conservative Democrats. This Senate caucus will mirror the House Blue Dogs led by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Targets included Mark Pyror and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Jim Webb and Mark Warner of Virginia, and Nebraska's own Ben Nelson. Nelson is the third most conservative Democrat in the Senate.

Now the Lincoln Journal Star reports:

Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana already plans to form a new caucus of moderate Democrats to fill that role.

Nelson is a likely participant.

I can't imagine joining a conservative caucus will change much of anything. Nelson does and says what he wants and has never really cared about party unity or anything like that. In fact, I believe that Sen. Nelson has no affinity for the Democratic Party and if given a worth while reason would seriously consider switching parties. Something he has been rumored to consider before.

To be honest, I am more interested to find out how Nebraska's Senior Senator will vote when it comes to important legislation like Universal Health Care, the Employee Free Choice Act, Network Neutrality, an Economic recovery package, etc...

Do you expect a perfect batting average? I don't.

(This post can also be found at the New Nebraska Network.)