Official Maine Caucus Results Thread

[Eraserhead]

Well I must say that I didn't exactly see this one coming.

[Gabu]

Well I must say that I didn't exactly see this one coming.

Have more faith in your candidate, young Padawan.

(okay, I didn't either)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I did.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Rather distressingly there seem to be no decent maps yet (I know that it's a caucus and as such... but... still...)

[minionofmidas]

Al was being a tad pedantic.

Might look a little like that, but isn't. Not in context anyway.

I think that having a disagreement over the definition of a word is pretty much the definition of "pedantic".

It wasn't pedantic within context. Not that any of this actually matters but...

Now you're really being pedantic... quarreling over the meaning of the term "pedantic".

[minionofmidas]

Holy Obama-heavy update Batman

95% reporting

Obama 59.47%
Clinton 39.93%

Portland finally came in?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Al was being a tad pedantic.

Might look a little like that, but isn't. Not in context anyway.

I think that having a disagreement over the definition of a word is pretty much the definition of "pedantic".

It wasn't pedantic within context. Not that any of this actually matters but...

Now you're really being pedantic... quarreling over the meaning of the term "pedantic".

VICTORY

[memphis]

Obama is extremely charismatic, but relatively inexperienced. He has had a lot of success in a very short time, and it would be folly to expect that it does not effect him, as it effects anyone.

Experience is extremely overrated, judgement is much more important. As has been mentioned many times before, the Bush adminstration was among the most experienced in our nation's history.

The truth is that American voters aren't looking for the same old experienced Washington politicians at this point in history.

Obama has served more years of elected office than Hillary has. She may as well come right out and say "vote for me; I was Bill's wife" That's what she's been implying all along.

[Gustaf]

4. All around a man with only two years of federal elective experience

Oh, hold on my dear friend Beet!!

Now, I realize that you are a Clintonista and that this will be very hard for you to understand, but don't worry, I want to help you!

Now, Barack Obama was elected to the United States Senate in 2004. This means he would have taken office in January 2005.

So, if he were elected to the Presidency this year, then he would take office in January 2009. Alright, now we have two numbers. We're going to do what is called a math problem! Okay, let's get out our kindergarten math book.

Alright, what we want to look up is a thing called subtraction. We want to subtract 2005 from 2009. Those are two very big scary numbers, but don't worry, I'll make it easier for you because I want to you to understand. Let us use the numbers 5 and 9.

Okay, so, 9 minus 5 is what we want to calculate. The answer to this is 4, not 2. Okay, hold up your hands and I will help you understand. Put up 9 of your fingers, now put down 5. You have 4 left!!! Now, keep those 4 on one hand and put back 2 on the other and we can compare. 4 is bigger than 2. Obama would have 4 years of elective federal experience, not 2! See, you can do it, Beet! Congratulations!!

I'm glad to see that you have changed so thoroughly and now tries hard to contribute to a positive atmosphere in the forum.

Interesting that Obama won this big in a state like Maine. Still, a caucus so may not be that indicative. Aren't we out of caucuses now?

[Iosif is a COTHO]

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That was more down to character than experience. It's the way Kennedy was, he would have done the same things with 2 years experience or 50 years experience. He was not a good person, and so he was not a good President. It's not superficial to say that at all.

[Gustaf]

Obama is extremely charismatic, but relatively inexperienced. He has had a lot of success in a very short time, and it would be folly to expect that it does not effect him, as it effects anyone.

Experience is extremely overrated, judgement is much more important. As has been mentioned many times before, the Bush adminstration was among the most experienced in our nation's history.

The truth is that American voters aren't looking for the same old experienced Washington politicians at this point in history.

Obama has served more years of elected office than Hillary has. She may as well come right out and say "vote for me; I was Bill's wife" That's what she's been implying all along.

Being State Senator in Illinois isn't worth that much in experience terms. Clinton has 4 years on Obama when it comes to Senate experience.

[Alcon]

And nominating Clinton because she's experienced against John McCain, a man who is infinitely more experienced than her, is a very weird idea to me.

[bgwah]

I'm glad to see that you have changed so thoroughly and now tries hard to contribute to a positive atmosphere in the forum.

Thanks! Not being a complete asshole is nice--you should try it some time.

[Kalimantan]

Aren't we out of caucuses now?

Aloha!

[Verily]

Aren't we out of caucuses now?

Aloha!

And Wyoming, too. And Puerto Rico, which has a fair few delegates. (And Guam, which does not.)