Many months ago, recognizing a chance to grab a lone electoral vote in the event of an unlikely tie, Barack Obama's camapign opened an office in Omaha, Nebraska and aggressively campaigned to win. That effort has now borne fruit. Like Maine, Nebraska actually splits its electoral votes and Obama has NOW officially captured the single vote assigned to the Cornhusker State's 2nd Congressional District, which inlcudes the state's largest city, Omaha. The win, as the accompanying story in the Grand Island (Neb.) Independent says, brings President-elect Obama's winning electoral vote total to 365 and makes him the first Democratic presidential candidate in 44 years to capture any of Nebraska's electoral votes.
In Missouri, where 11 electoral votes are at stake, Obama trails John McCain by 5,868votes, with 7,085 provisional ballots have yet to be counted. Obama would need to win 82 percent of the provisional ballots to draw even with McCain. It won't be until two weeks from now that state election officials conclude their review of how many of those ballots will be accepted and counted.
Oh, the picture that accompanies this entry? It's the mascot of the Omaha Royals, the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals.
theindependent.com
stlouispostdispatch.com
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