Maine Saturday Open Thread

[parocks]

look at the article I posted. Apparently some towns were still left out and we aren't the only ones thinking it is strange Ron's vote in towns actually went DOWN. And more people were found to have voted in some, all of whose votes went to Romney.

We should have this data, the official campaign should know by now what the real results are

 

[SCOTUSman]

Lets say if Swann's count was correct that he released. We went from -194 to -157.

Now based off the 239 deficit count, we are now down 111 (with the two vote gain from Rome). That means we gained 128 votes today on Romney.

So using the best case scenario count (the Swann count) we were at -157 + 128 = -29 votes. (now if we take into account the double count of the Pairs caucus 10 Romney, 6 Paul). We gain 4 more on romney -29 + 4= -25. So best case with available counts, we trail by 25.

 

[pauliticalfan]

I just got home and heard the news, so I don't know what the mood of the board is, but let me just say...

I'm DAMN PROUD of Washington County, Maine. We got more votes there than the entire turnout in 2008. We got 20x more votes there than we did in 2008. We blew Romney out of the water there. This will get just as much attention, if not more, than Romney still barely winning the state. You guys did good, and it's not even over yet. We can still win if we turn out big time in the remaining caucuses.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Actually, this specific GOP chair apparently has this big deal where he was trying to 'disenfranchise' college students so they couldn't vote where they went to school according to the papers and Brad's blog. I don't know much about it, but the 'break' thing actually fits right into that.

Spring Break is typically in March in Maine. Additionally, caucus dates vary in Maine (as they are set by local leaders) but they almost never happen while a local college is having Spring Break.
University of Maine Feb-25 - Mar-03-2012
Colby College Mar-17 - Mar-24-2012
University of Southern Maine Mar-24 - Mar-31-2012

http://www.ststravel.com/college_spring_break/dates.php
http://www.calendar.umaine.edu/academic-calendar/

 

[opinionatedfool]

I just got home and heard the news, so I don't know what the mood of the board is, but let me just say...

I'm DAMN PROUD of Washington County, Maine. We got more votes there than the entire turnout in 2008. We got 20x more votes there than we did in 2008. We blew Romney out of the water there. This will get just as much attention, if not more, than Romney still barely winning the state. You guys did good, and it's not even over yet. We can still win if we turn out big time in the remaining caucuses.

Yes, good job everyone!

 

[kathy88]

Actually, this specific GOP chair apparently has this big deal where he was trying to 'disenfranchise' college students so they couldn't vote where they went to school according to the papers and Brad's blog. I don't know much about it, but the 'break' thing actually fits right into that.

http://electls.blogs.wm.edu/2011/10/03/college-students-voter-fraud-charlie-webster’s-maine-problem/

"He intends to prevent students attending schools away from their hometowns from voting in communities where their interests may run counter to the residents’. "

 

[opinionatedfool]

BDN Maine Politics @BDNPolitics Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Eastbrook caucus results are in. Totals are 19 for Paul, 7 for Romney and 8 for Santorum. None for Gingrich. #mepolitics

 

[pauliticalfan]

RevPAC: “We won’t investigate Maine caucus results”-Jesse Benton, RPPC. "We will."-Gary Franchi, RevPAC.

Damn straight, go RevPac! We need to demand a full and thorough recount of Maine. I really, honestly believe we won the state. Every single report we saw leading up to the caucus was Ron Paul owning precinct after precinct, town after town. Where did all of Romney's votes come from? It just doesn't make sense. It's like Maine caucus goers keep shouting "We want Ron Paul, we want Ron Paul!" and the corrupt insiders keep saying "You can't have him!" We need to find the holes in the Maine GOP's numbers.

 

[sailingaway]

Spring Break is typically in March in Maine. Additionally, caucus dates vary in Maine (as they are set by local leaders) but they almost never happen while a local college is having Spring Break.
University of Maine Feb-25 - Mar-03-2012
Colby College Mar-17 - Mar-24-2012
University of Southern Maine Mar-24 - Mar-31-2012

http://www.ststravel.com/college_spring_break/dates.php
http://www.calendar.umaine.edu/academic-calendar/

They went on WINTER break, yesterday and it impacts at least 3 colleges in late caucusing areas.

Two of those are in Washington County and would have been in session last week.

The GOP/disenfranchise thing had to do with students not being able to vote where they went to school, but if he really has a thing against students voting he might have known well that the colleges would be on break.

 

[pauliticalfan]

Yeah, there's no question we would have won if colleges were not on break. No fucking question. There needs to be state laws against holding caucuses while schools are out of session. So blatantly unfair.

 

[SCOTUSman]

BDN Maine Politics @BDNPolitics Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Eastbrook caucus results are in. Totals are 19 for Paul, 7 for Romney and 8 for Santorum. None for Gingrich. #mepolitics

Why does this say for Eastbrook 2 for Paul and 1 for Romney. Then for Amherst (which says they caucused with Eastbrook) 2 for Romney, 0 for Paul. That would be 3 ROmney, 2 Paul. But this is great if those are the numbers form Eastbrook.

 

[pauliticalfan]

Based on my rough math, there's gotta be at least 400 or 500 registered Republicans in Castine, Maine. We can win the state of Maine in Castine! Time to dedicate resources to Castine. Someone make a new Castine thread and let's get this thing in motion. We can still win on March 3rd.

 

[pauliticalfan]

BDNPolitics: Those final Eastbrook votes put Paul 117 behind Romney statewide. #mepolitics

Which numbers are correct? We keep netting more and more votes, clearly the people of Maine want Ron Paul, and yet we seem to be stuck in place. Ridiculous.

 

[carterm]

those results bump the deficit back to 113. everything is now included.

 

[carterm]

BDNPolitics: Those final Eastbrook votes put Paul 117 behind Romney statewide. #mepolitics

Which numbers are correct? We keep netting more and more votes, clearly the people of Maine want Ron Paul, and yet we seem to be stuck in place. Ridiculous.

they aren't counting rome, where we gained 2, and they aren't counting new portland, where we gained 2 (but that still isn't being reported by GOP).

 

[RickyJ]

those results bump the deficit back to 113. everything is now included.

So close but yet so far. It is shame he didn't win outright, but clearly this was no great victory for Romney coming from a neighboring state.

 

[The_Ruffneck]

Yeah, there's no question we would have won if colleges were not on break. No fucking question. There needs to be state laws against holding caucuses while schools are out of session. So blatantly unfair.

please , we would have won if there was no fraud full stop

 

[gorgonzola]

I just got back from The Sunrise County. I too had hoped for a >500 turnout. It was a pretty impressive event nonetheless. We ticked up quite a few percentage points from the last go around.

On the bright side- What some may not realize is that almost anyone who wanted to be a delegate or alternate could be. We therefore potentially picked up a net gain of 83 that could be quite significant come the state convention in May.

BTW- I had a blast today

 

[pauliticalfan]

I just got back from The Sunrise County. I too had hoped for a >500 turnout. It was a pretty impressive event nonetheless. We ticked up quite a few percentage points from the last go around.

On the bright side- What some may not realize is that almost anyone who wanted to be a delegate or alternate could be. We therefore potentially picked up a net gain of 83 that could be quite significant come the state convention in May.

BTW- I had a blast today

Glad to hear that. We may have "lost", but at the same time we won. We blew everyone else out of the water today.

 

[seawolf]

paulticalfan and all of the Maine RP Supporters congratulations on a great day!!! Your efforts were extraordinary!!

As I said earlier in the thread, if a few RP Forum Members wish to pursue the remaining Maine Caucus and the State's straw poll results, by all means please start a new thread and go for it. You have all of our support.

But, frankly the RP Forum as a whole has to move quickly to aggressively support the next 12 Primaries and Caucus's that occur in the next 17 days.

Ron Paul is begging for Phone from Home Callers immediately to call their identified TOP PRIORITY States which are, Alaska, Washington and North Dakota.

Let's refocus....Super Tuesday is almost upon us!!!