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Romney wins Maine caucuses by slim margin

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor's margin of victory over rival Ron Paul was so slim it all but guaranteed scrutiny of the party's decision not to count the results of caucuses scheduled later in February.

At a state party gathering in Portland, state Republican Chairman Charlie Webster announced Romney had won with 2,190 votes compared to 1,996 for Paul, the only other candidate to aggressively compete in the state. Rick Santorum received 989 votes and Newt Gingrich won 349, but neither actively campaigned there.

Webster said any caucus results that come in after Saturday wouldn't be counted no matter how close the vote turned out to be.

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In the statement, Romney said that Maine voters sent a clear message that it is past time to send an outsider to the White House. And he cast himself as a conservative with a lifetime of private sector experience, who — in his words — "can uproot Washington's culture of taxing and spending and borrowing and endless bureaucracy."

The former Massachusetts governor won at least eight delegates, with six delegates left to be allocated, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. Paul won at least seven. Santorum and Gingrich were shut out.

Romney leads the overall race for delegates, with 120. Santorum has 72, Gingrich has 32 and Paul has 16. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination.

Maine's caucuses began Feb. 4 and continued throughout the week. But the results announced Saturday accounted for just 83% of all precincts in the state. Several communities elected to hold their caucuses at a later date.

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Maine Republican Nomination - 83.67% REPORTING

Caucuses

CANDIDATES
VOTES
% OF VOTE

✔ Mitt Romney (R)
2,190
39%

Ron Paul (R)
1,996
36%

Rick Santorum (R)
989
18%

Newt Gingrich (R)
349
6%

Other (R)
61
1%
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Take note that in most of the primaries so far that 60% of voters don't want Romney or prefer the other candidates, so he is basically in same position as McCain was in 2008 many conservatives will stay home if he is the candidate.

Originally Posted by oldguy

Take note that in most of the primaries so far that 60% of voters don't want Romney or prefer the other candidates, so he is basically in same position as McCain was in 2008 many conservatives will stay home if he is the candidate.

If this is true about "Conservatives" staying home then they'll get what they deserve and I can assure you it won't be pretty! I've been screwed so watching Obama finish putting the screws to the rest of you will only brighten my day!

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

If this is true about "Conservatives" staying home then they'll get what they deserve and I can assure you it won't be pretty! I've been screwed so watching Obama finish putting the screws to the rest of you will only brighten my day!

You may have misunderstood, while I agree with your assessment of Obama and I agree anyone better then he, I'm simply stating a fact I seen it with McCain I begged conservatives to hold there nose and go vote McCain in my area in 2008 most simply would not and now we see the results, but my point was Romney is not a conservative, if he wins the nomination I will go vote for him holding my nose, but many conservatives will not and you can see that in the voting. Romney is not the solution if he were the GOP hierarchy would not support him because it's mostly run by rino's

What our country needs badly is a true conservative to drag our government back to center as we've moved so far left.

Originally Posted by oldguy

Take note that in most of the primaries so far that 60% of voters don't want Romney or prefer the other candidates, so he is basically in same position as McCain was in 2008 many conservatives will stay home if he is the candidate.

Well these so called conservatives better wake up or we're gonna get 4 more years of Nobama - a Nobama who doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected, so he'll be even more radically Marxist than he has been so far. How stupid can these so called conservatives be if they can't see that it's better to have a POTUS you agree with 75% than one you agree with 2%?

Originally Posted by patbrunz

Well these so called conservatives better wake up or we're gonna get 4 more years of Nobama - a Nobama who doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected, so he'll be even more radically Marxist than he has been so far. How stupid can these so called conservatives be if they can't see that it's better to have a POTUS you agree with 75% than one you agree with 2%?

Remember simply because the press tells you Romney is the only one who can beat Obama I would not trust main stream media's selection. Romney has less then 40% of the primary voters at this point,not good guys. Honestly at this point not sure the GOP hierarchy wants to win.

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