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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 […]

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

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

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

Originally published December 6, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]

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Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Originally published September 11, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated April 28, 2012. 5 Comments

Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide

Updated Editor’s Note: This is the fourth 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”. Prior articles are linked here: 1, 2, 3. Articles following this will be added here: 5. “Governor Heineman Really Like Purple […]

Filed Under: Elections, Featured, Governor, Nebraska, Policies, Tea Party, Unicameral Tagged With: 2010 election results, 2011 republican nebraska agenda, adam hornung, afp-ne, america's ruling class and the perils of revolution, american spectator, angelo m. codevilla, assisted political suicide, chris beutler, cir reform, city of lincoln election 2011, collective bargaining, dave heineman, dcrp, deserving of darts, electoral votes nebraska, elephant in the living room, gin deserving of darts, jeff fortenberry, jon bruning, ken svoboda, lcgop, mike johanns, ne federal delegation, ne teaparty movement, nebraka populism, nebraska budget, nebraska economy, nebraska elections, nebraska governor, nebraska political history, nebraska politics, nebraska primary, nebraska progressivism, nebraska republican party, nebraska republican platform, nebraska republican super-majority, nebraska state legislature, nebraska taxation, nebraska tea party, nebraska teaparty, nebraska's ruling class, negop, negop constitution, negop platform, one party state, party politics, patrick bonnett, political cartels, political insiders, political suicide, populist movement, progressivism, republican legislative priorities, ruling class, tammy buffington, taxes in nebraska, tea parties in nebraska, teaparties ne, Unicameral, william jennings bryan

GiN Response to Presidential Popular Vote Advocate

Originally published January 23, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated September 20, 2014. 6 Comments

GiN Response to Presidential Popular Vote Advocate

Update on October 19, 2012: This article has been generating a lot of interest in the past few weeks, obviously due to Election 2012. Interest in the Electoral College and the concept of the National Popular Vote are particularly understandable this year, considering that many of the most credible polling experts, including Scott Rasmussen of […]

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As Election Nears – This One Deserves a Rewind

Originally published September 21, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 21, 2010. Leave a Comment

As Election Nears – This One Deserves a Rewind

It’s time for some campaignin’…entertaining to be sure, but I think it’s worth a look beyond the entertainment value. This video is funny because it contains truth. The trouble is, the truth in political jokes are on us…the voters. How DID we end up with those two candidates? It’s more than a little freaky that […]

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When Government Fears the People

Originally published September 4, 2010, By Linda. Updated May 26, 2013. 2 Comments

When Government Fears the People

Thomas Jefferson made the astute observation: “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Today, the problem with our government at all levels is that it has no fear of the people. In fact, it’s worse than that. Our elected officials, as a group, have […]

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Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Originally published August 14, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 5, 2011. 1 Comment

Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series about the perils of a perpetual focus on the next election cycle, on Washington, D.C. politics, and a need for appraising the sober realities about state sovereignty and politics as usual. Following this article, there were, in order, three others published:  “GOP Congress Will Not Save […]

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