Yahoo News: Ron Paul Leaving Maine on a High Note

[RonPaul101.com]

My latest article on Yahoo News:

http://news.yahoo.com/ron-paul-leaving-maine-high-note-211600164.html


Romney had won the statewide Maine vote in 2008 with more than 52 percent of the vote as he beat the eventual nominee John McCain by more than 30 percent. Paul contested the state much better in 2012 than McCain did in 2008. In a state near his home turf of Massachusetts, why has Romney lost so much ground?

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[sailingaway]

I think there are actually some caucuses still coming up.

[RonPaul101.com]

I think there are actually some caucuses still coming up.

There is one March 3rd, but there are a lot of simpler tasks I would like to teach my audience before I'd have them memorize the Maine Caucus schedule...

The Washington County contest was the last super-caucus and likely the last presidential preference vote to count in the statewide total.

[bcreps85]

I think there are actually some caucuses still coming up.

I think there is one or two on March third. But I don't think they are big enough to make up for the supposed deficit.

[centure7]

There is one March 3rd, but there are a lot of simpler tasks I would like to teach my audience before I'd have them memorize the Maine Caucus schedule...

The Washington County contest was the last super-caucus and likely the last presidential preference vote to count in the statewide total.Right. They made a special exception to count the Washington County caucus and only because Paul supporters raised hell over it. The later ones are not supposed to count as GOP rules specified because they are holding them so late.

[asurfaholic]

Right. They made a special exception to count the Washington County caucus and only because Paul supporters raised hell over it. The later ones are not supposed to count as GOP rules specified because they are holding them so late.

then why hold them at all???

[RonPaul101.com]

Right. They made a special exception to count the Washington County caucus and only because Paul supporters raised hell over it. The later ones are not supposed to count as GOP rules specified because they are holding them so late.

Yeah, point of the article was to show we've have moved on (emotionally) and leave the state on a high note/winning.

I was trying to create some momentum if possible.

[RonPaul101.com]

then why hold them at all???

That's a question that needs to be asked (and a correction made) before 2016.

[helmuth_hubener]

then why hold them at all??? Their delegates still count, just not any straw vote they might take.

[69360]

then why hold them at all???

They still elect delegates to the state convention.

[soulcyon]

"Obama understood this game plan well in 2008, and Paul seems most apt to succeed in that regard in 2012."

Article by L. Lippincott, who has a B.S. in Business Marketing - Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

But she wrote an article about Ron Paul in the past, so don't take her word as mainstream or what Yahoo believes.

Posted on FB, tweeted and +'d

[gorgonzola]

They still elect delegates to the state convention.

Exactly! May 5th and 6th is where the fun begins.

It is shaping up to be a Rock the House event and the state GOP knows it.

[parocks]

We don't know if the preference poll votes will count for the caucuses coming up.

If they do count, it is mathematically possible for Ron Paul to win based on Castine alone.

But it is highly unlikely.

We only picked up around 80 votes on Romney out of the entirety of Washington County. We picked up another 50 out of the Hancock caucuses and the Kennebec Caucuses.

It is mathematically possible to get 115 votes more than Romney out of Castine alone on Mar 3. Very very very unlikely. There could be other caucuses scheduled that could count as well. Still, very very unlikely.

[gorgonzola]

It is also likely Romney will lose some of his support to Santorum as he seemingly surges. Romney's base is not at all solid. The RP base come May will be like a rock.

[gerryb]

then why hold them at all???

Because the nomination isn't about straw polls, it's about delegates.

[RonPaul101.com]

It is also likely Romney will lose some of his support to Santorum as he seemingly surges. Romney's base is not at all solid. The RP base come May will be like a rock.

I just worry that it may be too late by that time. We haven't needed a win as badly as we soon will need a win once the winner-take-all contests start to hit.

[RonPaul101.com]

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