Harry Reid Threatens Ben Nelson

With a base closure and the loss of 10,000 in Nelson's home state.

According to a Senate aide, the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn't fall into line.

Offutt Air Force Base employs some 10,000 military and federal employees in Southeastern Nebraska. As our source put it, this is a "naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson's vote." They are "threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?" asked the Senate staffer.

Another story for the New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN to ignore.

Isn't this supposed to be illegal? I thought this was why we had a base closure commission.