Barack Obama is not seriously campaigning in Nebraska.  Googling around a little bit I found some reports that Kerry campaigners were contemplating making a play for the Omaha district.  They squelched that idea rather early, and that congressional district turned up a handful of percentage points ahead of the state for the Democratic candidate.  There might be a progression here in that it had always been a matter of pride for Nebraska conservatives and Republicans that Clinton did not appear in Nebraska until the last month of his presidency — and compare that to California where he made thinly disguised campaign appearances throughout his first term practically every week.  Nebraska now is worthy of a campaign head-fake — even though that lone electoral vote will only float Obama’s way in the event of a large landslide.

But as a head-fake and feign, it looks like it’s reasonably successful.  Sarah Palin made an appearance in Nebraska.  That is not quite as newsworthy as Palin finding her way to her role as a less dignified Spiro Agnew and what amounts to the fourth Hail Mary in Charles Krauthammer’s calculations — even if it is because Sarah Palin loves the “Nation’s Heartland”.   But even with this, it is probably worth trying to recall where Dan Quayle swooped about in 1992.  I think he poked his head in Yakima, actually.

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