By Shelli Dawdy CBS’ 60 Minutes aired an interview with President Obama on Sunday. I confess, I have not had the…heart?…stomach?…enough duct tape? to watch the interview in its entirety. I had my TV on far more than usual this weekend, though, and found myself inundated with the seemingly obligatory rehashes by every political talking [...]
By Shelli Dawdy As we reported the day after the election in “Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?“, Legislative District 8 Candidate John Comstock lost his race by a mere 36 votes. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s website lists the “unofficial results” as follows: Comstock, 2,906 votes at 49.69%; opponent Burke J. [...]
What seems like five minutes after Tuesday’s election, we heard from newly re-elected Governor Dave Heineman that he was not interested in running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson that will be up for re-election in 2012. Certainly, considering the almost continuous sparring between the Governor and Senator Nelson over [...]
In an interview conducted by the host of a local radio station just prior to the November 2nd election, now 4th term Congressman Jeff Fortenberry made several comments that deserve scrutiny. We’ve already discussed Fortenberry’s apparent back-pedaling, during that interview, from the Republicans’ commitment to the voters to repeal and replace the health reform law. [...]
Oklahoma liberty-lovers did not take kindly to the backdoor dealings in their state surrounding the insertion of RFID chips in their drivers’ licenses, especially after having been given assurances by their state government that it would not occur. Working with state legislators and other activists, Kaye Beach of the very popular Axxiom Amuse site “introduced” [...]
I’m turning the show over tomorrow night to some excellent activists and friends of mine. I think you will enjoy them and the topic! Written by Shelli Dawdy (Nebraska Grassroots Activist and Organizer Extraordinaire!) 6:00pm – 8:00pm...
I was minding my own business at home the other night following an afternoon and early evening spent outside doing some chores and enjoying the brisk fall weather. It’s that time of year when Lincoln residents begin the transition from the air conditioning that, by many, is considered a necessary part of summer comfort to [...]
It’s tempting to focus on the historic takeover of the US House by a Republican majority, but we here at GiN march to a different drummer, for the most part at least. Just as the three most important characteristics of real estate are location, location, location; the three most important characteristics of GiN’s political focus [...]
By Shelli Dawdy Typically the GiN “Deserving of Darts” feature articles lay out an issue and an assertion is made that some individual is indeed – deserving of a hail of darts. In this instance, I submit to you, the Nebraska citizen, tax payer, and voter, the decision regarding whether or not Nebraska’s First District [...]
The conventional wisdom of the uninformed, clueless voter is not necessarily true. At least not in Nebraska. We have noticed a very large spike in our traffic numbers on this site since we began posting election related information. Yesterday we hit an all time record, exceeding the number of hits we received on December 21, [...]