This is an earth-shaking poll just out from Survey USA. Barack Obama is within the margin of error in Nebraska. Nebraska!
Given the way that Nebraska allocates its electoral votes, that means Barack Obama, by carrying two congressional districts, would earn a 3-2 split in electoral votes in Nebraska.
More on the flip.
Survey USA did polling in all fifty states for matchups between Obama vs. McCain and Clinton vs. McCain. The results are at their homepage right now.
In addition to the shocking numbers from Nebraska, Obama is leading in North Dakota 46-42.
Apologize for the shortness of the diary, but you have no idea how good this news is for us in Nebraska. If Obama carries NE-02, we will beat Lee Terry, whether our candidate is Jim Esch or Richard Carter. These numbers are very good for Scott Kleeb in his race for Senate.
Let's turn Nebraska purple!!!
UPDATE: I neglected to mention that in the other district Obama seems to have carried in this poll (NE-03 is the most Republican district in Nebraska, if not the nation), we have a young Iraq veteran, Max Yashirin, running for Congress. If Obama carries NE-01, we have a good chance at winning that race, too.
UPDATE 2: Here's the numbers for the poll.
UPDATE 3: Thanks for recommending. Help out Scott Kleeb if you can. He's going up against a well-funded primary opponent, and the primary is only 2 months away. Actblue page.
UPDATE 4: From the Omaha World-Herald on Tuesday:
Ed Haefele is a Republican but not a rock-ribbed soldier of the GOP.
In 1964 he crossed party lines to vote for Lyndon B. Johnson. It was the last time that Haefele and Nebraska backed a Democratic presidential contender.
Today, Haefele is considering another trek across the partisan divide to support Barack Obama. He says he admires Obama's eloquence and intellect, despite some of the Democrat's "hare-brained" ideas, such as gun control.
"I think if I was in a closed voting booth and if I had a choice between (John) McCain or Obama, I would go with Obama," said Haefele, a retired political science professor from Pennsylvania who has lived in Alliance, Neb., since 1988.
"The man is a phenomenon," Haefele said.
Clinton would find Nebraska virtually impenetrable, a state party official said. If she is the nominee, she might drive down Democratic turnout in Nebraska, causing problems for the party's candidates elsewhere on the ballot.
"It's pretty clear if Obama is the nominee, the impact on turnout is going to be more favorable than if Hillary is the nominee," said Steve Achelpohl, chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party and a superdelegate who is undecided.
Achelpohl is a superdelegate who has not yet endorsed a candidate.