The mainstream media reported Mitt Romney the victor of the Maine caucus on Saturday, claiming another win for the frontrunner who had slipped in standing behind Rick Santorum during the previous week’s contests.

Then again, when you ignore an entire county, it’s easy to come out on top.

News stations jumped the gun and declared Romney the winner over the weekend, and taking into account the available numbers on Saturday, they were right. But as the networks begin relaying the results, they failed to recognize that Washington County, Maine — a stronghold in the Ron Paul presidential campaign — had their caucus mysteriously postponed. The jurisdiction had their caucus suspended due to an expected three inches of snow, which in actuality turned out to be a mere dusting.

When the residents of Washington County are allowed to cast their votes next week, Ron Paul could be declared the real winner in Maine.

With only 84 percent of the votes tallied in Maine, Romney was declared the victor with 39 percent of the votes favoring the former Massachusetts governor. In second place, however, was Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who only fell flat of Romney by fewer than 200 votes. The Paul campaign had predicted a win in Washington County, and when voters are finally allowed to voice their opinion, the mainstream media may have to retract their earlier opinion.

Ron Paul’s team feels that it was a bit fishy that Washington County was washed away on caucus day.

“The caucus was delayed until next week just so the votes wouldn’t be reported by the national media,” campaign manager John Tate explains to Ron Paul supporters. “The truth is, there is no length to which the GOP establishment won’t go. There is nothing the mainstream media won’t do,” Tate added.“This is MAINE we’re talking about,” John Tate’s email continues. “The GIRL SCOUTS had an event today in Washington County that wasn’t cancelled! And just the votes of Washington County would have been enough to put us over the top. This is an outrage.”

In his response, Tate also writes that the “GOP establishment and their pals in the national media…will do anything to silence our message of liberty.”

Ron Paul himself seems that that message is still staying strong across America, however, and made a point of addressing it after being awarded a premature second-place finish with 36 percent of the votes so far.

“We have the message that America needs at this particular time,” Paul told supporters Saturday night. “And the wonderful thing is, the message is not complex. Everybody understands it — and the message is liberty. That’s the message. That means we want our freedom, we want each and every individual to have their freedom.”

When the freedom to vote is restored In Washington County, the Paul camp predicts that the message will be heard loud and clear. Even with the current results, he told supporters this weekend, “It’s almost like we could call it a tie.”

Days earlier, Paul swept Romney during the race in Minnesota, coming in second with 27 percent of the vote in the state’s caucus to a first place win for Rick Santorum.

“We had a very, very strong second place — and it’s going to continue,” Paul told supporters last week from Minnesota. With a second place win days later in Maine — a decision that could be upgraded once Washington County residents have their say — the congressman couldn’t be more right.

rt.com/usa/news/ron-paul-maine-caucus-209/

The evidence is mounting that Ron Paul actually won Maine by a landslide, and the Maine GOP are desperate prevent that. Image Ron Paul with 70% in Maine, that would change everything. Can’t have that now can we?

The official results from the Maine GOP show 50% the towns with ZERO turnout. But there was a turnout in Belfast, and Ron Paul won with 71 to Romney’s 50.

Romney ‘won’ by less than 200 votes, this was +21 votes for Ron Paul in one caucus, albeit in one of the larger towns.

What about the other zeros? Others are asking questions as well.

Pressure Mounts on Maine GOP to Reconsider Romney Victory

All along, state GOP officials said communities knew that their votes would not be included in the final results if they did not hold their caucus by Feb. 11.

However, a review of the town-by-town results released Saturday by the Maine GOP suggests that some communities that had caucused prior to Feb. 11 were not counted. Nearly all Waldo County towns held caucuses on Feb. 4 but those towns were blank in the results released by the state party. Additionally, Waterville held its caucuses ahead of time but were not included in the results.

A Clerical Error? W.T.F. !!! Torch. Pitchfork. Answers.

Just when you think it can’t get any worse, the Washington County Chair cancelled the caucus due to a snowstorm that never happened. Girl Scouts had an event that was not cancelled, but Washington County citizens do not get to vote in the Presidential Primary. And this is supposed to be acceptable? Any politician that says this is okay should be fired.

Fortunately, not all towns listened

The Town of Pembroke in Washington County managed to hold its caucus and report the results despite the directive to reschedule.
Interestingly, half of the votes went to Ron Paul and NONE to Romney. What does this tell us about Republican sentiment in Washington County?

What were the results from all those other towns? Were they eliminated because they were all Ron Paul victories? Are people really going to buy the incompetence excuse again?

Perhaps I should retitle this:
Maine GOP is #1 Eclipsing Ohio, Florida to claim title Most Brazen Election Fraud

 occupytvstations.com/blog/maine-gop-covering-up-a-ron-paul-landslide

The Maine Republican Party is being urged to reconsider its announcement that presidential candidate Mitt Romney won a preference poll of state caucus-goers, the Bangor Daily News reports. 

The Maine GOP said on Saturday that Romney had defeated Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 39 percent to 36 percent, or less than 200 votes, in the state’s weeklong caucuses. To be counted, party officials said the meetings had to be concluded by Feb. 11.

According to the newspaper, some communities that followed caucus procedure were still not counted in the final tabulation. In addition, one county was forced to postpone its caucus because of a snowstorm and so was not included in the count.

Some prominent figures in the state, including Senate President Kevin Raye, have protested, urging party officials to take into account additional results.

GOP Chairman Charlie Webster told the Bangor Daily News that he doesn’t think including those results would change the outcome. He said the state party committee would decide whether to reconsider when it meets next month.  

On Saturday night, when the vote was announced, Paul called the result "slightly discouraging" and said he had expected to do "very, very well" at a caucus that hadn't met. If the results are overturned, it would be Paul's first win of the season and the second time a Romney win turned into a loss. He had eight votes more than Rick Santorum on the night of the Iowa caucuses, but more than two weeks later certified results found Santorum the winner by 34 votes.

www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/maine-republicans-urged-to-reconsider-romney-win-in-caucus-poll-20120214

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