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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

GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voter Recommendations)

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

GiN 2012 Election Cheat Sheet (Voter Recommendations)

GiN’s recommendations for the 2012 General Election, with a focus on Nebraska issues. This is a four-page PDF guide.  When viewed on a computer, it has activated (clickable) links to additional information on every issue presented and to outside resources recommended to provide information necessary to fill out one’s ballot on Tuesday. Links to sample […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Campaign Finance, Constitution, Elections, Featured, Follow the Money, Government Spending, Governor, It's On The House, Labor Unions, Nebraska, Printables, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral, University of Nebraska Tagged With: amendment no. 1, amendment no. 2, amendment no. 3, amendment no. 4, amendments on the ballot nebraska, ballot measures, ballot questions, board of regents, campaign finance, cir, city of omaha bond rating, collective bargaining reform, constitutional amendments, criteria for changing a constitution, disclosure of contributions, douglas county sample ballot 2012, election 2012, election 2012 information, election information, follow the money, gin cheat sheet racing form, Grassroots in Nebraska, health care law nebraska, hunting and fishing rights, judges on nebraska ballot, lancaster county sample ballot 2012, legislative history, limited government voters guide, natural resource districts, ne 2012 election, ne campaign finance, ne legislature, ne tea party voters guide, ne unicameral, nebraska, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska budget, nebraska elections, nebraska politics, nebraska teaparty voting guide, nebraska voting guide, nebrsaka legislature, pete pirsch, political contributions, proposed amendents, public employee salaries, public service commission, quick tips for voting in nebraska, resources for filling out a ballot, sample ballot, state and local government, state and local government issues, state and local races 2012, state senator salary increase, state senators, state senators salaries, state senators term limits, state senators voting records, teaparty voters guide, tom carlson, voter guide, voter's guide, voting guide, voting recommendations, voting records

NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Originally published November 1, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Important update on Saturday, November 3: Check our Home page – the featured slider – for a new article about the funding source for an ad campaign supporting this issue. (A link will be added here once published.) District 38 State Senator Tom Carlson (Holdrege), was the sponsor of the legislative resolution which resulted in […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: 2012 nebraska election, amendment no. 3, bobby vee, effect of term limits, executive branch, executive power states, influence of lobbyists in state governments, ld38 nebraska, legislative aides nebraska, legislative district 38, legislative independence, legislative staff, lobbyists, music and politics, ne 2000 term limits, ne ballot questions, ne ballots, ne constitutional amendments, ne legislation, ne lobbyists, ne politics, ne proposed amendment no. 3, nebraska ballot measures, nebraska ballot questions, nebraska constitution, nebraska constitutional amendments, nebraska legislation, nebraska lobbyists, nebraska political speeches, nebraska politicians, nebraska politics, nebraska republicans, nebraska state legislature, nebraska state senators, nebraska term limits, nebraska unicameral, negop, political party influences, politicians, power of the executive, proposed amendment no. 2 2012, senator tom carlson, separation and balance of powers, state ballot measures, state legislators, state of nebraska constitution, state term limits, term limit change nebraska, term limits, tom carlson, unicameral legislative aides, what is nebraska amendment no. 3

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

Originally published May 4, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Political Hacks Swarm NE: Invasion of the Bus People

I don’t know if everyone reading this is old enough to remember all the press about “the boat people” fleeing Vietnam in the ’70s.  According to Wikipedia, references to the boat people “came into common use during the late 1970s with the mass departure of Vietnamese refugees from Communist-controlled Vietnam, following the Vietnam War.”  Desperate […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Activism, Campaign Finance, Featured, Tea Party, US Senate Tagged With: 2012 campaign, 2012 election, all politics is local, amy kremer, astroturfing the tea party, attorney general jon bruning, ben nelson's senate seat, boat people, bus people, campaign finance, candidates, candidates for u.s. senate, carpet baggers, carpetbaggers, don stenberg, eagle forum, election 2012, family research council, federalism, gop astroturf, heritage foundation, herman cain, herman cain 9-9-9 plan, herman cain nine nine nine plan, important us senate seats, influencing local elections, jon bruning, money from outside the state, national tea party groups, nationalizing elections, nebraska don stenberg, nebraska election 2012, nebraska jon bruning, nebraska politics, nebraska senate race, nebraska senate seat, obama mega-hearse, obama planet-eating death star, obama tour bus, outside influences on election, phyllis schafly, secret service prostitutes, secret service scandal, stenberg campaign, tea party express, tea party express endorsements, tea party gop, tea party influence on elections, tea party movement and elections, teaparty, teaparty gop, tpx, u.s. seat, us senate race, values bus tour, vietnam boat people, vietnam war refugees

What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

Originally published February 28, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

What’s on Bob Kerrey’s Playlist Today?

I couldn’t miss the

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, In the News, Nebraska, US Senate Tagged With: a bob kerrey song playlist, bob kerrey, campaign for senate, campaign humor, candidate filing deadline, candidates for u.s. senate, dancing in the dark, dave heineman, democratic party, election signs, former u.s. senator bob kerrey, general election, governor bob kerrey, governor dave, governor of nebraska, harry reid, have you ever had to make up your mind?, is bob kerrey running for senate?, kerrey rethinking run for senate, kerrey senate campaign, lincoln journal star, music and politics, nebraska democratic party, nebraska elections, nebraska filing deadline, nebraska politics, nebraska senate race, nebraska senate seat, nelson, playlists for politicians, senate elections, senate majority leader harry reid, senator ben nelson, senator bob kerrey, u.s. senate, united states senate, will bob kerrey run?

#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Originally published October 4, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 2 Comments

#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Updated October 26, 2011: Considering the popularity of this article, we thought it important to list all of our TransCanada / Keystone XL pipeline pieces: If you are going to read one article, we recommend #4, as it best summarizes the whole subject. Note that there are links in each to prior articles. 1) Transcending […]

Filed Under: Adrian Smith, Congress, Deserving of Darts, Featured, Federal, Federal Legislation, Governor, In the News, Jeff Fortenberry, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 2011 session unicameral, 2011 state legislature, 2011 unicameral, afp-ne, americans for prosperity-nebraska, annette dubas, big labor, congressional research service report september 2010, congressman jeff fortenberry, congressman lee terry, crony capitalism, crs report pipeline nebraska 2010, dave heineman, gpldc, great plains laborer district council, house of representatives, j. peter ricketts, james wright, jeff fortenberry, john mccollister, keystoe xl pipeline route, keystone pipeline route, keystone xl pipeline, lb340, lb578, lb629, lee terry 1140 local omaha, lee terry nebraska, lee terry pipeline, lee terry platte institute, legal authority pipeline, legislation nebraska pipeline, liuna, mike johanns, mn limited, ne cdo2, nebraska federal delegation, nebraska governor, nebraska politics, nebraska second congressional district, nebraska sovereignty, nebraska's ruling class, negop, north american=made energy security act, opponents proponents, pete ricketts, pipeline interim study, pipeline state federal issue, platte institute, rep. fortenberry, rep. lee terry, rep. terry, representative lee terry, ron kaminiski, senator tony fulton, state law nebraska pipeline, terry townhall pipeline, tony fulton, tony fulton fox news channel, transcanada, transcanada pipeline project, transcanada pipeline route, u.s. senate race 2006, unicameral actions pipeline

Political Influence in Nebraska: Where the Money Leads

Originally published September 24, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated June 2, 2013. 1 Comment

Political Influence in Nebraska: Where the Money Leads

Editor’s Note: This is the ninth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

Filed Under: Budget, Featured, Governor, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: #weinergate, anthony weiner, campaign filings nebraska, cir legislation, cir reform, cir working group, collective bargaining laws nebraska, collective bargaining nebraska, commission of industrial relations, dave heineman, dave heineman contributors, dave heineman teachers' unions, dave heineman unions, e.f. hutton, follow the money, governor heineman, heineman, heineman contributions, heineman education, heineman nsea, heineman seiu, largest contributors dave heineman, money influence in politics, nadc, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska campaign contributins, nebraska legislature, nebraska politics, nebraska state education association, nebraska unicameral, political scandals, steve lathrop, super-majority republicans nebraska, union influence in nebraska, watergate

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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NEGOP Tried to Capitalize on Grassroots Candidate Loss & CIR Reform Failure

Originally published September 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 26, 2014. 14 Comments

NEGOP Tried to Capitalize on Grassroots Candidate Loss & CIR Reform Failure

Updated Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Elections, Nebraska, Ruling Class, Unicameral Tagged With: 2011 legislature, 2011 unicameral, afl-cio, afl-cio nebraska, afp-ne, afp-ne political contributions, afscme, american federation of state county and municipal employees, americans for prosperity-nebraska, burke haar, cir legislation, cir nebraska, collective bargaining legislation nebraska, commission on industrial relations, john comstock, lea, legislative races nebraska, lincoln education association, mark fahelson, nadc, nebraska accountability and disclosure, nebraska campaign, nebraska legislature, nebraska political power coalitions, nebraska politics, nebraska republican party, nebraska senate seats, nebraska teachers' unions, nebraska's ruling class, negop, negop chair, negop chairman, nsea, organized labor, public employee unions, taylor gage, unions impact nebraska, united food and commercial workers

Governor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

Originally published September 13, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 9, 2014. Leave a Comment

Governor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

Most Nebraskans believe Dave Heineman is very conservative. Why, then, are his largest political contributors, the state teachers’ union and SEIU, the notorious labor union? Read full articleGovernor Heineman Really Liked Purple People Before They Were “Cool”

Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Follow the Money, Governor, Nebraska Tagged With: barack obama labor unions, change that works nebraska, cir, collective bargaining laws, dave heineman, dave heineman seiu, governor dave heineman, Grassroots in Nebraska, heineman campaign contributions, heineman seiu, jane flemming kleeb, jane kleeb, labor unions, labor unions nebraska, labor unions politics, nebraska politicians, nebraska politics, nebraska republicans, nebraska teacher's union, nebraska's ruling class, nsea heineman, organized labor in nebraska, political influences in nebraska, purple people nebraska, seiu, seiu nebraska, service employees international union

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