ec. From HuffPo:

"Out of Maine's 258,000 registered Republicans, nearly 5,600 cast ballots in the weeklong contest."

Wpw. What a resounding Romney win!

Which then became a loss of 26 votes. Lots of enthusiasm out there, huh?

2190 / 258,000 = 0.00848837209

A resounding win indeed.

I don't know of anything else that was cancelled yesterday -- we did have snow, but come on, a few inches?

The polls show huge support for Paul, and it sounds like the GOP bigwigs just don't want to admit it.

The prediction of 3-4" was a dusting for these parts. And all we ended up with was a dusting of a dusting. I think it was deliberate; the GOP using GOP tactics on...the GOP. amazing.

and when the rest of the votes are counted, will Mitten's "win" again turn into actual loss? simply amazing.

It wasn't even a dusting of a dusting, it was practically nothing. But in Maine, I would expect Romney to win. He was a Governor of a New England state. Are there really that many Paul supporters in Maine?

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/11/politics/maine-gop-chairman-says-mitt-romney-wins-caucuses/

PORTLAND, Maine — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney narrowly edged Texas Congressman Ron Paul in Maine’s nonbinding GOP presidential preference poll on Saturday, ending a string of defeats for the Republican front-runner.

According to unofficial results announced Saturday evening by Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster, Romney took 39 percent of votes during statewide caucuses held during the last few weeks. Paul finished second at 36 percent.

“It’s good news. I’m hopeful this ends Romney’s little slide,” Maine House Speaker Robert Nutting said shortly after the announcement. “Romney is the best candidate to beat President Obama in the fall.”

Peter Cianchette, the Maine chairman for the Romney campaign and a former candidate for governor, said his candidate received broad support across the state despite a strong push by Paul.

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scroll to the bottom for the comments section. It will give you an idea as to how the Maine republicans feel about this. Many of them are not pleased that it was called before all the votes were in. In a state like Maine, a vote shouldn't be called before all the votes are in because of the number of voters. One could win by just a few votes.

Could cause even sharper divide between the Paul and Romney.

How does it feel not being able to vote, or having your vote counted. Tastes like shit, doesn't it.

with different % of precincts reporting, the vote totals are the same

these 2 show 83.7% voting (as of 4:20PM EST Sunday)

http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results

http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/Primary/ME

and these 2 show 95% voting (as of 4:20PM EST Sunday)

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/me

http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/Maine/Republican/caucus/

instead of stealing votes from us.

In some ways, this could turn out to be a good thing. We might finally get some right-wing grassroots support for transparent, open & honest voting. They don't like getting their votes stolen from them either. And if we have honest voting, I think the Dems will win in the end, because there are a lot more of us than them.

High Order GOP Douchebaggery

Hope the Paulites win

Even though they suck

yup

Thanks for the thread, Randy.

Infighting!

Ms. Houston's unfortunate death stepped all over this non-story. But, assuming Paul has the votes in Washington County, this attempted hi-jacking of the caucus election, could motivate an even stronger Paul turnout. The Washington Country Republican is a different breed of Republican than the type found down in Southern Maine. If Ron gets his turnout, the story of his comeback will amplify a lot more than Mitt's non-win.