Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates

[RockPusher]

Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates

In the Race for Delegates, Ron Paul Appears to Closely Trail Romney for First Place


ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain. However, the Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron Paul.

[RockPusher]

2nd in NV, likely 1st in LA, 2nd in ME..... not too shabby.

[Ardentfrost]

I've told you, don't put this stuff in this forum! this is for Ron Burgundy exclusively :P

[RockPusher]

Originally Posted by Ardentfrost

I've told you, don't put this stuff in this forum! this is for Ron Burgundy exclusively :P

What is a Ron Burgandy? Should this go on the floor?

[Ardentfrost]

Ron Burgundy is the news bot... and yes, anything you post should go in one of the content-focused forums. This one is just a repository for news Burgundy finds on the interwebs