With an eye on 2006, a Democrat embraces Bush

Republicans all over the country are running away from George W. Bush, but there’s one 2006 candidate who’s wrapping himself in the president’s embrace: Ben Nelson, the Democratic senator from Nebraska. As the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza reports today, the Democratic Party in Nebraska is up with a TV spot that includes a 2005 video clip in which Bush calls Nelson “a man with whom I can work.”