I am thinking it is something on my end as everyone else seems quiet on the subject.
I don't think it has anything to do with the list size as it seems to take the same amount of time if the result is a few items or hundreds of items.
The only two databases on the server are the two OT databases (2008 and 2009). They are both around 1200 MB. Given that and the fact that I only have 6 OT users and as of right now 4 connections to the database, I wouldn't think we were anywhere near the 1 GB buffer limit in SQLE. Also, I would think that this would cause problems with the 2008 client/db as well, which there is none.
Where is seems to be particularly bad is having a View open in the list (mine is one called Open List that shows all non-closed Incidents, creative, I know). Typically, I will choose different users to look at by clicking their name in the Users tab. This is when the slowness appears, in 2008 it is < 1 second to reload the grid with the new results, in 2009 it is 5 seconds. I have also noticed that when clicking on the tabs in the heirarchy section, there is a 5 second delay there as well, even though the grid does not reload. It both instances, the UI is completly locked until the reload completes.