Nebraska Gov. Wins Tough Primary

Anyone who knows Nebraska -- and Nebraska football -- knows how unbelievable this is. Tom Osborn led the University of Nebraska to 3 national championships. He had never won a race with less than 82 percent of the vote. But he lost, yesterday.

... In politics, anything can happen.

Aside from the fact that the Osborn camp may have initially taken the race too lightly, it also appears that Heineman's campaign outworked them on the ground:

According to National Journal's On Call blog (password reqd), Heineman's campaign manager Carlos Castillo "attributed his win to his GOTV ground game, including micro-targeting voters, and appealing to the agricultural vote in the GOP rich 3rd Congressional district. "