Maine results thread.

[Alcon]

Unofficial, non-binding poll (e.g., more people have to vote)

Mitt Romney wins

[Eraserhead]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Mehmentum]

[Lief 🗽]

goddamnit

[ilikeverin]

MY POINTS

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Romney 39%
Paul 36%

[Alcon]

Romney 2,190 (39%)
Paul 1,996 (36%)
Santorum 989 (18%)
Gingrich 349 (6%)
Others 61

Almost exactly what I expected

[Thomas D]

Darn.

Just 2000 votes?

[RI]

Sad, but not unexpected.

[Averroës Nix]

YOU LIE!

[Lief 🗽]

Lost by 200 votes.

This sucks.

[Torie]

Mittens 39%
Paul 36%
Santorum 18%
Newt 6%
Others 6%

[tpfkaw]

Ugh, they stole another one.  This one blatant if the Watch the Vote people can come through.

[Politico]

LOLNEWT

You can't beat a New Englander in New England.

[California8429]

Darn.

Just 2000 votes?

5,000

And dangit. I was hoping my prediction would get me a point. Well now I believe there's no hope for Paul to win a state.

[Beet]

I don't really understand the Romney-hatred. Back in the Bush days, Democrats were always lamenting the lack of moderate Republicans. Romney is no moderate, but at least he is about as close as we can get in these days.

can't speak for everyone, and I was a certified idiot during the Bush days, but this isn't complicated.  Romney is basically a non-ideological candidate (perhaps Bush, as a figurehead for the forces behind him, was more ideological in this sense, or at least he thought he was)... but Romney so represents what is wrong with everything ever, is so intertwined with the private dictatorships that seek to destroy us every day, that he is in fact the living embodiment of these forces, in demonstrable fact as well as aesthetic.  unfortunately it is the latter part of that that makes him such a punching bag (and is also as a result what you seem to be counter-reacting to)

Good post! What you say makes him weak. Not in the electoral sense (although it hurts there somewhat), but in the ultimate sense. This will sound tacky, but if he beats Obama, then it gives us a chance to overthrow the Democratic party and elect the true 'messiah' in 2016 (even though there is currently no-one in sight). I mean, even better would be for Ron Paul to win all the way and be thoroughly discredited after he successfully implements his ideas. But that will never happen. He's destined to always be this annoying martyr-figure, which is why I dislike him more than Romney.

update- well it looks like Romney won. It's just a straw poll though, guys. It's not the delegate count.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

It's close enough that Ron Paul still has a chance at actually winning it, though.

[Thomas D]

More low GOP turnout.

[bgwah]

Damn, kept Romney at >40%.... Grrr!

[Alcon]

It's close enough that Ron Paul still has a chance at actually winning it, though.

Really?  How much is left?  If it's just a few scattered caucuses, Paul is screwed.  If this is some sort of weird "optional, some caucus sites do it" kinda thing, I guess Paul's still in it if he gets lucky.

I assume it's the former, though, since Intrade just went to like 99.9% Romney.

[RI]

Paul once again fails. He has still never won a statewide contest in his life. Should have known better.

[MaxQue]

Ugh, they stole another one.  This one blatant if the Watch the Vote people can come through.

Considering than state GOP is controled by Paulites...

[The Mikado]

It's close enough that Ron Paul still has a chance at actually winning it, though.

Really?  How much is left?  If it's just a few scattered caucuses, Paul is screwed.  If this is some sort of weird "optional, some caucus sites do it" kinda thing, I guess Paul's still in it if he gets lucky.

I assume it's the former, though, since Intrade just went to like 99.9% Romney.

All of Washington County is still out, but, yeah, they aren't going to make up 200 vote margin.  Last cycle there were only 192 votes cast in that county according to what I saw earlier.

[Eraserhead]

It's close enough that Ron Paul still has a chance at actually winning it, though.

They declared Romney the winner. It's over for all intents and purposes.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Dammit.