LINCOLN - All politics is local, legendary former House Speaker Tip O'Neill used to say. But the language of U.S. politics increasingly has been nationalized and inserted into local and state politics and elections.

"We need your help to fight back against the creep of socialism in Nebraska," Gov. Pete Ricketts wrote last week in a fundraising appeal to Republicans. "Leftists are using the initiative process in our state to push their agenda on socialized health care, marijuana legislation, expanding gambling and other issues.

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