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NE Primary Election 2018: Deb Fischer, What Have You Done For — or To — Us Lately?

Originally published April 30, 2018, By Linda. Updated May 1, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Primary Election 2018: Deb Fischer, What Have You Done For — or To — Us Lately?

Deb Fischer has been Nebraska’s U.S. Senator for six years now and is running for a second term.  Actually, she’s running in the primary seeking the right to run for that second term.  She didn’t draw a “bye” in the primary, unlike U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry.  On the contrary, she’s being primaried by a total […]

Filed Under: 2018 Elections, Congress, Elections, Featured, US Senate Tagged With: 2018 Primary election, congress, deb fischer, election, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, nebraska primary election, politicians, primary election, senate candidates, u.s. senate, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer

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

A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

Originally published March 22, 2018, By Linda. Updated March 25, 2018. 8 Comments

A Tribute to GiN Founder Shelli J. Dawdy

We could begin this eulogy with a recitation of the usual facts and statistics, but we won’t. This is an unusual remembrance for an unusual lady: Shelli J. Dawdy. She admonished us to keep this short because, in her opinion, long obituaries grow boring. We have no doubt she would most like to be remembered […]

Filed Under: Featured, GiN Members, Local, Nebraska, Sovereignty Tagged With: a new america, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, linda rohman, patriots, shelli dawdy, Shelli J. Dawdy, teaparty founder

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, […]

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Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

Originally published April 19, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

Due to other commitments which tend to monopolize my time these days, I’ve been hesitant to continue the GiN tradition of publishing candidate profiles for fear I could not do them justice.  However, it occurred to me today that the GiN archives are a goldmine of information about a few of the current crop of […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Elections, Featured, Governor, Labor Unions, Nebraska, Senators, Unicameral Tagged With: 2014 primary election, candidate for governor, carlson for governor, Featured, gin, governor's race, Grassroots in Nebraska, legislature, May 13 primary election, ne, nebr, nebraska, nebraska governor's race 2014, nebraska legislature, nebraska primary election, nebraska unicameral, potential gubernatorial candidates 2014, primary election, republican candidate for governor, republicans running for governor, senator tom carlson, tom carlson, Unicameral

Nebraska’s Primary Election, May 13th, SAMPLE BALLOTS

Originally published April 16, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Nebraska’s Primary Election, May 13th, SAMPLE BALLOTS

Each election season, GiN posts links to the sample ballots well before election day so our readers can bone up on all the candidates and all the races, not just those that gain the attention of the mainstream media.  I’m a little slow on the draw this year, but here they are such as they […]

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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 […]

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Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Originally published February 15, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Money for Nothing and Health Care for Free

Author’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series – see the […]

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Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Originally published February 9, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Jeremy Nordquist: Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?

Author’s Note:  What follows is a reprint of an article published in the February 8, 2012, edition of the Lincoln Journal Star.  The only difference between what you will find in the Journal Star and what you see here is a small but substantial one.  As my article appears below, I have added links to […]

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