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NE Primary Election 2018: Blasts from the GiN Past re Sen. Deb Fischer

Originally published April 29, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 29, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Primary Election 2018:  Blasts from the GiN Past re Sen. Deb Fischer

I spent a bit of time recently researching the various Republican primary candidates challenging Senator Deb Fischer for the U.S. Senate seat she currently occupies.  In the process, I couldn’t resist revisiting some vintage GiN.  And when I say that, I’m not talking about a dusty bottle of an adult beverage, but articles that were […]

Filed Under: 2018 Elections, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, State Sovereignty, US Senate Tagged With: 2018 Primary election, deb fischer, Featured, gin, government, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, senator fischer, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, u.s. senators nebraska

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

Originally published May 4, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

I was sitting at my kitchen table today sorting through the week’s mail, the lion’s share of which was campaign mailers from political candidates.  That’s not surprising, since the primary election is May 13th.  What was a surprising coincidence was, at that very moment, one of the candidates for the state legislature in my district […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Character, Civil Society, Elections, Featured, Founding Principles, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Unicameral Tagged With: character and electibility, character counts, character matters, edmund burke, electability, electable, founding principles, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, healthcare, ne, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, politics, public opinion, role of a state senator, role of an elected official, role of an elected representative, state senators, Unicameral, what makes a candidate electable

Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

Originally published April 23, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Candidate Profile: Jon Bruning for Governor

It wasn’t so long ago — only two years, in fact — that Jon Bruning was campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate.  He lost the primary contest to Deb Fischer and the rest, as they say, is history. But Jon Bruning is not a fellow to rest on his laurels or, it seems, […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Campaign Finance, Elections, Featured, Follow the Money, Governor, Nebraska, Political Action Committees, Republican Party, Ruling Class Tagged With: 2014 candidates for nebraska governor, attorney general jon bruning, bruning, bruning campaign contributions, bruning contributors, bruning for governor, bruning support of green agenda, contributions to nebraska candidates, gin, governor's race in nebraska, Grassroots in Nebraska, jon bruning, ne, nebraska, nebraska accountability and disclosure, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska candidates for governor, politicians, republican state leadership committee, RSLC

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

Originally published April 12, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Osborn/Sasse: Why Endorsements are Worthless . . . Mostly

I got a call a week or so ago from a former neighbor who was excited about Ben Sasse’s candidacy for the Nebraska U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns.  After explaining why she’s so enthused by what she’s seen during Sasse’s campaign appearances, she urged me to consider voting for Sasse in the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Congress, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, Taking Action, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: activism, ben sasse, coopting tea party, establishment republicans, freedomworks, gin, grassroots, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska republican party, negop, negrassroots, party politics, patrick bonnett, political endorsements, ruling class, shane osborn, Tea Party

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Originally published March 5, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Nebraskans, your action is NECESSARY. Please see the bottom of the article for: FLYER to download, read, share, print, and distribute Recommendations Are YOU among the majority of Nebraskans opposed to “ObamaCare”? If so, YOU should be keenly interested in the Medicaid Expansion bill, LB577, and alerting people you know to WAKE UP now about […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Ben Nelson, Featured, Governor, Health Care, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: attorney general, Ben Nelson, cornhusker kickback, dave heineman, dump daschle, health care law, historic election results, incumbents, jeremy nordquist, jon bruning, lb577, medicaid expansion, nebraska senators, obamacare, omaha world herald, opinion polls health care nebraska, owh polling, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, re-election, south dakota, state legislature, tom daschle, Unicameral, vote for cloture

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Originally published March 1, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

I am in receipt of your recent Chairman’s Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor from incredulity. This from the state Republican Party chairman whose senators own a super majority in the legislature, the same legislature that is about to pass without serious debate, challenge, or objection, a huge increase in the Nebraska Medicaid entitlement program?  Read full articleNEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Constitution, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: campaign issues, chairman's report, colby coash, election issues, electoral college, federal deficit, federal funding, health care implementation, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577 nebraska, lb599, mark fahleson, medicaid expansion, nebraska budget, nebraska electoral votes, nebraska legislature, nebraska medicaid, nebraska republicans, negop, negop scc, obamacare, party politics, ppaca, repeal obamacare, republican party, republican super majority, state spending, stop obamacare, Unicameral

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

Originally published February 22, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

It’s both incredibly ironic and highly appropriate for me to be writing this article at this time. As February 2010 neared its end, I was very tired, but excited about GiN’s ongoing effort in support of what most people would identify as the State Sovereignty or Tenth Amendment Resolution. That resolution, LR539 1 Note that […]

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Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

Originally published February 6, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Establishment GOP to Tea Party: We’re Just Not That Into You

This article is for any grassroots organizations who still think working with Republican leadership is the way to change the political landscape for the better: You’d have to be intentionally oblivious to be unaware that the Republican Party powers-that-be and the associated high rollers who fund the Party and the candidates it fields have a […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, 2012 Election, Bar Room Banter, Congress, Elections, Featured, Federal, Grassroots in Nebraska, In the News, Nebraska, Radicalism, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Taking Action, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: 2010 election results, 2010 republican control of house, 2010 takeover of house, 2010 u.s. senate losses, 2010 u.s. senate losses by republicans, 2012 election u. s. senate, american crossroads, conservative republican candidates, conservative victory project, conservative wing of republican party, conservatives, contested republican primary elections, definition of electable, don't you want me, electability, establishment republican candidates, establishment republicans, far right, far right wing of the republican party, gin, gop, grassroots, grassroots in ne, grassroots in nebr, Grassroots in Nebraska, grassroots in nebraska gin, human league, just not that into you, karl rove, lancaster county gop, lancaster county republican party, lcgop, mainstream republicans, moderate republicans, most conservative candidate that can win, nebraska conservatives, nebraska gop, nebraska gop and the tea party, nebraska grassroots, nebraska politics, nebraska republican party, nebraska republicans and the tea party, nebraska tea party, negop, negrassroots, politicians, politics, primary elections, republican party, republican party dead, republican party dying, republican party in disarray, republican party internal struggle, republican party primaries, republican party primary contests, republican vs. republican warfare, right wing republican candidates, right wing republicans, steven j. law, super pac, Tea Party, tea party conservatives, tea party in nebraska, tea party republican candidates, tea party republicans, teaparty

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

Originally published November 28, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Republican Cave-In on Health Care: Make Them Own It

As most Americans rightfully turn their attention toward the holiday season and their priority becomes a focus on faith, family, and friends, our elected officials at both the Federal and State levels are busily working on a range of very important issues, from tax rates to individual freedoms in controlling our personal health care decisions. […]

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My Conversation with Sen. Pete Pirsch: Amendment No. 2

Originally published November 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

My Conversation with Sen. Pete Pirsch: Amendment No. 2

As we reported in our earlier article about Proposed Amendment No. 2, I sent an email to the measure’s sponsor, Senator Pete Pirsch, pointing out some legal concerns about the language chosen for his amendment. Readers can read in detail about those concerns in that prior article, so I’ll give the bottom-line version here: a […]

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