NE's 1 Electoral Vote may not be decided for up to a Week:

[RoadRage]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10478951

One Nebraska electoral vote remains up for grabs
BY ROBYNN TYSVER
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Democrat Barack Obama won the presidency Tuesday, but the question of whether he scored an electoral vote in Nebraska remained up in the air.

And it could remain unanswered for a week.

Obama and Republican John McCain were locked in a virtual tug-of-war in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, with the election too close to call.

At the end of the evening, McCain led Obama by 569 votes in unofficial returns.

But more than 9,000 early votes and provisional ballots were still to be counted, said David Phipps, Douglas County election commissioner. Those ballots - some of them won't be counted until next week - could decide the race in Omaha.

"This is very, very exciting. I think it's interesting, indeed," said former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub, who was McCain's state director in Omaha.

McCain won the popular vote statewide, but both Democrats and Republicans hailed the tight 2nd District contest as a good sign.

Republicans said it was an example of the Nebraska GOP being able to "weather the storm" in a difficult political climate. Democrats said it showed that their party had become energized by Obama's presidential campaign.

It assuredly will be a race for the record books.

More at link: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10478951

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As a proud dem in Omaha, we're holding out hope that he still squeaks this out. Either way - we won the war.. so this tiny battle is more about a moral victory.. putting dents into the armor of red states. Hopefully we'll know something soon!

[Omaha Steve]

1. We really tried very hard

A BIG R for Omaha. It was Sarpy County that cut into his lead.

[RoadRage]

2. We did Steve... congrats

At the end of the day.. we made this city a lot more Blue then it's ever been..

Sarpy county might have cost us... next time (2012) we'll have to make sure to put an Obama office down there too! :)

[Omaha Steve]

3. Olde Town (Bellevue) did have an office

I didn't know about it until Sunday. I have no idea why.