Nebraska a swing state? Wha?

[Ztolkins]

If thats true, maybe Obama is doing okay.

"Mitt Romney Endorsed By Two Swing State Newspapers:

On Wednesday night, Nevadans watched Mr. Romney trounce the president," wrote the editors of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, applauding Romney's "pro-growth tax and regulatory" and calling President Barack Obama "openly hostile to free-market capitalism." The paper echoed a recent Romney campaign attack ad, citing Obama's "you didn't build that" comments. Many other news outlets have criticized Romney for taking the line out of context.

The Omaha World-Herald, meanwhile, accused Obama of engaging in "class warfare" and of "lack[ing] the management skill necessary to run government.

....

While Nebraska is rarely included in the list of key swing states in the presidential election -- the overall state vote has been reliably Republican for decades -- the unusual way in which the state calculates its electoral votes makes it a viable play for Obama.

This story is about newspaper endorsements, but the way they report this stuff is bullshit...unless I'm missing something.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/07/mitt-romney-swing-states_n_1946330.html|

[Gore1FL]

1. Obama got an elector from there in 2008.

Don;t expect the state to go blue in entirety any time soon.

[still_one]

2. made me laugh when I saw that /nt

[karynnj]

3. Swing state is pretty amazing

In case anyone wanted to know, both endorsed McCain in 2008 and Bush in 2004. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/2008_newspaper_endorsements.php

[TexasCPA]

4. Obama still might win NE2

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120923/NEWS/709239923/omaha.com/article/20120923/news/120929938

[progressoid]

5. Sheesh.

The Prez might again get one electoral vote in NE (might). But that hardly makes NE a swing state.

More Huffpo drivel.

[GallopingGhost]

6. I have friends in Nebraska

who are beside themselves at the prospect that President Obama will be re-elected.

It's that anti-American, baby-killing Socialist Muslim thing.