[Video] Maddow covers Maine vote debacle 3rd night in a row

[jct74]

also interviews chairman of Washington County GOP Chris Gardner during the segment
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#46422536

 

[affa]

this link is taking me to debate footage...

NM... reloaded page and it worked. odd.

 

[robertwerden]

WOW, Washington will "likely" be counted, and there are GOTV on a massive scale in Washington by Paul organizers.

 

[Adam West]

this link is taking me to debate footage...

NM... reloaded page and it worked. odd.

I clicked the link, wated a bit, then watched a Toyota commercial. After that, the show came on.

 

[jay_dub]

I haven't seen it said whether there will be a public vote count or not. Had it not been for Belfast counting publicly, no telling what might have happened in Waldo County.

 

[WIwarrior]

I hope we dominate Washington county! It would be such a morale boost to get a win. We just need that spark to set of the explosion of liberty! I know we can do it.

 

[cilution]

I hope the GOP doesn't scramble together enough support to offset our efforts in the late caucuses since they know they're facing an embarrassing situation if they don't. We must out-organize them.

 

[VictorB]

I hope the GOP doesn't scramble together enough support to offset our efforts in the late caucuses since they know they're facing an embarrassing situation if they don't. We must out-organize them.

The GOP establishment has no support. They create artificial support by just making up the numbers. They couldn't get enough REAL people out to the caucus if they tried.

 

[economics102]

One other thing we have going for us now: supporters of Gingrich and Santorum have a strong incentive to vote for Ron Paul in order to weaken Romney.

 

[rp2012win]

We're going to find out the exact number of ron paul supporters in washington county on Sat. If you live in that county and do not show up to caucus for ron paul, you're really just part of the problem.

 

[pauliticalfan]

A couple things...

1) We really need to dominate in Washington County. GOTV!!!!!!!!!

2) What time is the caucus on Saturday? I wanna make sure I'm up for it.

3) Doug Wead needs to get his stuff together. He's a great spokesman, but he needs to have the facts.

Another solid piece by Rachel.

 

[Publicani]

Doug told her that Ron Paul won Washington county in 2008, the single county in Maine. She said that actually McCain won it. Who is right?

 

[WIwarrior]

Doug told her that Ron Paul won Washington county in 2008, the single county in Maine. She said that actually McCain won it. Who is right?

Maddow is right. A bunch of people where saying it here before the interview took place because Ron said the same thing. There needs to be some connection of the grassroots and the campaign to avoid these errors.

 

[economics102]

Doug told her that Ron Paul won Washington county in 2008, the single county in Maine. She said that actually McCain won it. Who is right?

According to the sources cited on Wikipedia (including here: http://mysite.verizon.net/mark.j.ellis/Caucus Tally Report.pdf), Ron Paul DID win one county in 2008, but that county was Aroostook, not Washington.

So, what is the evidence that makes the RP crowd so confident that Washington will be our stronghold this time around? Just curious.

 

[MrGoose]

I can see it now... Ron Paul's victory speech in Washington State:

"The flames of liberty are burning all the way from Washington State to Washington County!"

 

[pauliticalfan]

Another way to look at Washington is that is was one of only two counties that Romney DID NOT WIN in 2008. Therefore, logic says he won't win it again this time and we have a real opportunity there.

 

[RonPaulwillWin]

She should at least give a shoutout to ben swann

 

[justatrey]

I hated Rachel Maddow before she started covering this. Now I almost think we should be sending her thank you emails??

 

[freneticentropy]

I hated Rachel Maddow before she started covering this. Now I almost think we should be sending her thank you emails??

She's not doing it out of love, trust me. She just wants to stir trouble in the GOP. But thankfully, it works to our advantage.

 

[parocks]

WOW, Washington will "likely" be counted, and there are GOTV on a massive scale in Washington by Paul organizers.

Is there? The official campaign is solid. They're fully staffed and the instructions are to contact Eric if you think you might come to Washington Co. You might fill me in on the GOTV on a massive scale.

Shemdogg's calling registered Rs and Is project is coming along. There's another project also involving calling which might or might not be happening. The official campaign needs callers in Falmouth. To call ID'd voters for GOTV. That should be taken care of easily but they do want callers there. I tried to get money from here to someone on the ground in Maine (I'm in Maine, but I wanted someone who had been in contact with Violet, so that the grassroots and the official can do their own things without conflict). So I found someone who I thought would be good, some people here sent her some money, and now she just doesn't seem to like that idea.

How does this sound to you? When the "rogue supporters" show up, Valerie hands them the money and tells them to "go get votes". How does that sound to people? The campaign is worried about rogue supporters. That money could be useful to take care of the "rogue supporter" problem and provides extra GOTV. Win all around. It would be nice if someone hit the Maine For Ron Paul facebook group and encourage her, if it matters (and on balance the amount of money isn't exactly make or break), to spend the money she got, from people here, on what we sent it for. Heck, even if it didn't get spent right, the money will have gotten to Washington County. Maybe Valerie can be embraced as a hero. I bet she'd like that.