Omaha + Colorado = President Obama
Sep. 9th, 2008 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerAt the moment, Obama only needs 10 more electoral votes to win this one. The second congressional district (which includes Omaha) could provide one vote and the State of Colorado with nine would do it. Some friends of mine have been commuting to Omaha to help out and invited me to go along with them. I was hoping to do something nerdy and local for the campaign but that may be the best thing to do at the moment.
And here's the graphic to prove it!
And the story that goes with it:
Nebraska's 2nd District Now Has Battleground Status - Omaha World Herald - 07 Sep 08
"Here's the most unusual battleground of all: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, where the campaigns are fighting for a single electoral vote and private polling shows a close race between McCain and Obama."
"Obama, who won the Nebraska Democratic caucuses in February, has been organizing in the 2nd District for weeks. The campaign now has 15 paid staffers on the ground here, said Erin Fitzgerald, an Obama spokeswoman in Omaha. The campaign will be opening its Omaha office this week, said John Berge, Nebraska state director for Obama.
Berge said the 2nd District effort is operating independently of Obama's campaign in Iowa, which includes a field office in Council Bluffs. 'We're all in Nebraska, and we're going to stay in Nebraska,' he said."
And here's the graphic to prove it!
And the story that goes with it:
Nebraska's 2nd District Now Has Battleground Status - Omaha World Herald - 07 Sep 08
"Here's the most unusual battleground of all: Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, where the campaigns are fighting for a single electoral vote and private polling shows a close race between McCain and Obama."
"Obama, who won the Nebraska Democratic caucuses in February, has been organizing in the 2nd District for weeks. The campaign now has 15 paid staffers on the ground here, said Erin Fitzgerald, an Obama spokeswoman in Omaha. The campaign will be opening its Omaha office this week, said John Berge, Nebraska state director for Obama.
Berge said the 2nd District effort is operating independently of Obama's campaign in Iowa, which includes a field office in Council Bluffs. 'We're all in Nebraska, and we're going to stay in Nebraska,' he said."
