There's no doubt John McCain's visit to Nebraska will make up ground in the presidential fundraising race. That's a good thing for the Republican.

So far, Obama backers have been much more likely to open up their wallets. Nebraska has traditionally backed the Republican candidate for president, but as the race for the White House picks up more steam, and more and more Americans are unhappy with President Bush, Barack Obama has had a lot more fundraising success than McCain in Nebraska.

As the two presidential candidates continue to go toe-to-toe in the race for the White House, Obama has taken significant early fundraising lead here in the Cornhusker state.

As of May 31, Obama held a large advantage over McCain in Nebraska. The Democratic candidate has more than doubled the Republican candidates fundraising total. But UNL political science expert John Hibbing said McCain is fighting an uphill battle.

"Part of the reason McCain is having a little bit of trouble raising money is that he perhaps has not been as eager to move into the whole Internet fundraising approach, but I also wouldn't blame McCain entirely. I do think it's very difficult to raise money when you're trying to raise money on the heals of an unpopular president of your party," Hibbing said.

Hibbing said he feels that much of the money that Obama is raising is just because Americans are relieved that President Bush will be leaving office.

"I think there's that kind of structural problem that McCain's faces in perhaps these other things that he's got to adjust to the new arrangements for raising money on the Internet and elsewhere,"

The money raised at Wednesday night's fundraiser for McCain is sure to help even things up in Nebraska, and Hibbing feels McCain will even the money totals in the upcoming months.

"This is still a red state. There are still a lot of well to do Republican supporters in the state. McCain's not going to be hurting for cash. I think the interesting thing is the Democratic candidate is maybe fighting him to a stand still or perhaps, right now, at even an advantage for fundraising and that's something we don't see all that often in Nebraska," Hibbing said.

Hibbing added that one contributing factor is that Obama has decided to turn down federal matching funds. That's means there is additional incentive for him to raise as much money as possible on his own, but there is no limit as to what he wants.

McCain on the other hand, will abide by the limit and accept the matching funds from the federal government.