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Lee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

Originally published November 19, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 5, 2015. Leave a Comment

Lee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

GOP Election Misinterpretation 2014 seems very much like GOP Election Misinterpretation 2012. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District voters sent a message November 4, but will the party powerful willfully ignore it?  Read full articleLee Terry’s Loss Misinterpreted by Nebraska Ruling Class

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Congress, Featured, Ruling Class Tagged With: 2014 election, brad ashford, congress, Elections, incumbents, lee terry, nebraska, nebraska 2nd congressional district, negop, republican party, results, voters

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

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Originally published April 20, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

District 10 GOP Senator Bob Krist withdrew as co-introducer of the bill aimed at an extensive expansion of Nebraska’s largest welfare program. So, now what? Read full articleSenator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Filed Under: Health Care, Medicaid, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, bob krist, cedars youth services, douglas county republican party, greg adams, Health Care, health care law, heath mello, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577, legislative debate, legislative journal, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska, nebraska medicaid, negop, obamacare, one world clinic, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, sara howard

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

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. […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Republican Party, Ruling Class Tagged With: america's ruling class, american progress, bad gop candidates, bailout of massachusetts health care, campaign issues, campaign promises, centralization of party control, centralizing political party power, changes to republican party platform, cost of health care reform, dave heineman, decline in party affiliation, election 2012, election 2012 exit polls, election turnouts, executive orders, ezra klein, federal government, federal health insurance exchanges, flip flopping, gop candidate, gop elite, gop nomination, gop nominee, gop nominee choose delegates, gop primaries, grassroots in michigan, Grassroots in Nebraska, grassroots support, health care implementation, health care law, health care law unpopular, implemention by states, interpreting election results, joan fabiano, john boehner, massachusetts health care reform, massachusetts universal health care, michigan, michigan governor, mitt romney, nebraska governor, negop, new york times, obamacare, obamacare is the law of the land, party affiliation, patient protection and affordable care act of 2010, pledges to fight obamacare, political mythologies, political rhetoric, presidential election, presidential nomination process, rank and file republicans, repeal and replace, repeal health care, repeal obamacare, republican elected officials, republican governors, republican national convention 2012, republican nomination process, republican party elite, republicans and health care, republicans caving in, republicans stayed home, rick snyder, romneycare, separation of powers, state federal partnerships, state gop leadership, state legislatures, state-based insurance exchanges, state-partnership insurance exchanges, the atlantic, Unicameral, waivers to all 50 states

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

Senate Race Rope a Dope? Heineman, Bruning & Deb Fischer…and Stenberg

Originally published May 15, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 22, 2018. 9 Comments

Senate Race Rope a Dope? Heineman, Bruning & Deb Fischer…and Stenberg

UPDATED May 16, 2012: Note that this article was published earlier in the day Tuesday, before the polls even closed. I am not going to make any changes to this article so that you can read it, as written, before the race was declared. The only point to note, I believe, is that it is […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, Federal, Nebraska, Senators, Uncategorized, US Senate Tagged With: afp-ne, americans for prosperity, anrold stuthman, beau mccoy, brian beuscher, bruning for attorney general, campaign finance, carol burling, committee to elect eurek for ne legislature, dave heineman, deb fischer, dennis utter, dennis utter for legislature, dierks for legislature, eurek, expenditures by candidates, financial disclosure laws, fischer for legislature, garwood for legislature, governor heineman appointees, governor heineman committee, heineman appointment, j. peter ricketts, john harms, john n. harms for legislature, jon bruning, kutack rock law firm, leveraging political donations, Mark Christensen, mark christensen for legislature, mark fahelson, mccoy for legislature, meridian central public affairs, mike friend, mike friend for legislature, ne afp, ne americans for prosperity, nebraska, nebraska chapter americans for prosperity, nebraska pacs, nebraskans for a better tomorrow, negop, negop chair, pete ricketts, pete ricketts political contributions, peter ricketts, political consultants nebraska, political contributions of politicians, powerful politicians nebraska, republican national committeeman nebraska, requirements for filing politicians, sam fischer, shane osborn for state treasurer, shane osburn, state director, state law campaign finance nebraska, state senators, state statutes, tom carlson, transparency laws, urban affairs committee

Brett Lindstrom: 2nd Congressional District Alternative to Lee Terry

Originally published May 15, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Brett Lindstrom: 2nd Congressional District Alternative to Lee Terry

For an alternative to Lee Terry in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, check out Brett Lindstrom.  Read full articleBrett Lindstrom: 2nd Congressional District Alternative to Lee Terry

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Congress, Elections, Featured, Lee Terry, Nebraska, US House Tagged With: alternatives to lee terry, brett lindstrom, congressman lee terry, election, election 2012, election day 2012, Elections, gop primary elections, lee terry, may 15 primary election, nebraska candidates, nebraska primary, nebraska republican party, nebraska's ruling class, negop, who is on the ballot in nebraska

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP […]

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