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Actually was pretty close, is only a delegate caucus. Those votes are a dress rehearsal and most don't pay no mind to it in Maine. Twas also snowy Sunday and people are more often out snowmobiling, skiing, ice fishing or experiencing cabin fever. Obama played the U of M "yut" circuit, Hillary chose Bates with women and their daughters the focus. Chelsea played the Colby circuit where students got to meet and chat with her. 16 delegates Romney owned 24 for the Dems shelled out later.

Note: Obama lost in Mass which is the Kennedy and Kerry backed state.

If you compare "Barry" Obama to Hillary, which you had better start doing..or you will wind up with someone you never expected to take seriously and suddenly see smiling back at ya over HDTV the day after the primary.

The Republicans cannot throw a caucus with any momentum so the voters are not jazzed up to think about a vote, the Democrats go all out for votes...they get people energized! The young showed up, the absent voters, supporters, fence sitters, gawkers like me..

I do see bad days ahead, if this is all the Republicans have to show us..have they become too old, redundant and too easily forgotten in their approach on winning any election? ..That's what may be the winning factor come November.

If you had a voting booth available on the day that Obama and Clinton came to towne, the Republicans would have lost in a landslide. When the Republicans came to towne..oh, wait, they didn't,(except Mainer, Susan Collins; Ron Paul blew through a few days before) they sent friends, family and local speakers who mumbled through their index card delivery.

I attended both, so call it like I saw it.

Thanks for your post and attendance.

I have always lived in a primary state and never attended a caucus. Since you sat on the sidelines and observed maybe you can answer a few questions for me.

You noted the young. Did these look like working youth or mama boy types that go home to mamas cooking? Or did they look homeless?My question is what type of people can donate hours of their time on the weekend to politics if they work and have a family?

The more that I have watched the caucuses, I have decided against them. This is not democracy IMO. This is none other than old fashioned, behind the door politics meaning to disinfanchise many people.

The Maine caucus win was O. 1800 to Clinton 1305. The figures may not be exactly right but close. New Hampshire a much smaller primary state had over 200,000 voting in the primary. The Alaska dem. caucus was 305 obama to ?Clinton 103. What a joke the caucus system is. Not even 500 people voted in the Alaska Dem primary, yet that is not even talked about or discussed.