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Well, not necessarily. It is not a straight vote in the House, but rather a vote by state delegation. The representatives from California get together and vote. If the majority of them go for Obama, California would cast one vote for Obama. Likewise all of the states get one vote. To become president, you need to win 26 states. Something tells me that it could get awful wild and wooly, with who know how many side deals going on. By the way, the Senate votes for V.P. in a straight up vote. The President and the Vice President could be from different parties. I also believe that they do not HAVE to vote for the party nominees. (I welcome any corrections and amplifications to this posts).

Correct, I should have clarified that in my previous post. Here's the way it breaks down by state in the 110th Congress in the House:

By state it currently looks like it's 27 D, 21 R, and 2 states (AZ and KS) have a split delegation.

Now, if memory serves, the House members vote and have to vote again until they get a simple majority (in this case 26 states for one candidate or another).