From my local meetup leader and prolific organizer, Mark:
We have a tremendous Grass Roots organization up here in Maine, and we are proud to report that we are the 1st State in the entire nation to get Ron to the 20% threshold (reports show him at 19% with 70% of the vote in). This should be plastered all over the campaign website, and blog, and a press release done NOW so the Super Tuesday States can see it and see what is possible when we do our job of GOTV. The sad part is, I know of several instances all over this state (including my own town) where several "professed" Ron supporters ended up BLOWING OFF their Caucuses. Folks, this is a fact: If all our people came out and SHOWED UP, we would have bested McCain in this media/preference poll. THINK ABOUT THAT AND ACT NOW. THERE IS STILL TIME. BRING YOUR WIFE/HUSBAND/SIGNIFIGANT OTHER/SIBLING/FAMILY MEMBERS/FRIEND/NEIGHBOR.
Also, even better news to report about Delegates. In Maine, the preference poll you're hearing about in the media is NON-BINDING and has nothing to do with getting Ron nominated. The critical part of the Caucus is having people step forward/volunteer/be nominated as Delegates from their town to goto our State Convention (May 3rd). It is THOSE delegates that cast the binding vote in Maine. Our grass roots network are reporting an average of 35% of all delegates being known/committed Ron Delegates. There are most likely more that we don't know about yet. But 35% is a good conservative figure at this time. What we just did in Maine should set an example and inspire all remaining States out there, and especially tomorrow's! Thank you, Mark D
It is absolutely critical that every supporter shows up at their caucus or primary.. The caucus events might be long, boring and painful, but it's only a few hours and is a trivial price to pay to have your voice heard. Please help get the vote out.. every vote counts and as we've seen here in Maine, even 100 people can mean the difference between a 2nd and a 3rd place finish. For more about the caucus here in Maine, read my lengthy post on the topic here.
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Keep looking up. Ron Paul is doing better than people realize. He is flying under the radar of his enemies. Check out the latest good news at the campaign's blog http://people.ronpaul2008.com/campaign-updates/2008/02/04/ron-paul-beats-mccain-in-maine-caucus-primed-to-win-over-13-of-state-delegates/
Your google ad is supporting Huckabee. :(
The number of new donors this morning is -468. Curious.
The major newspaper in Maine, where Democrats caucus on Sunday with 24 precious delegates at stake, said while Clinton has touted her experience, it is "mostly peripheral to the actual business of governing."
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Nykemartyn
Maine Drug Treatment
The media will most likely disparage this caucus too, in an attempt to downplay Romney yet again. Never mind that this will mean that Romney will have won more states than McCain, and will have roughly the same amount of delegates. No, if the media brought that up, no doubt they’d get kicked off the air for giving such “biased” coverage of the race.
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merlin
maine drug rehab
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