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LIVE THREAD: Maine caucus results
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Posted on 03/05/2016 2:11:21 PM PST by ConservingFreedom

Maine · 23 delegates 5% reporting

Votes Ted Cruz 48.0% 662

Donald Trump 35.0% 482

Marco Rubio 8.6% 118

John Kasich 7.4% 102


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: caucus; jis4justopenprimary; maine; me2016; paullepage; supersaturday
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To: ConservingFreedom

The populated areas have polls open later.

If Cruz has a big day, so be it. But Cruz supporters looking to gloat might want to wait until all the chickens hatch before setting themselves up for a possible let-down.


21 posted on 03/05/2016 2:22:37 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: ConservingFreedom
Outside of Texas and Oklahoma, Cruz has done well in the caucus states where the least people are voting. Trump brings out the number, not Cruz.

Who's going to be excited to vote for Cruz in November other than the small base of heavily Christian voters?

22 posted on 03/05/2016 2:23:15 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (With Cruz You Get Rubio)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Yep, every single bit of that RECORD turnout we are seeing in the primaries goes straight out the window if Left Cuban is the nominee.


23 posted on 03/05/2016 2:24:08 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Lagmeister
In before allegation of Ted Cruz cheating & stealing votes.

ROTFL! Closed primaries steal votes from The Donald.

Kansas, Kentucky and Maine are not voting primaries... they are caucuses.

OK - your point being ... ?

24 posted on 03/05/2016 2:24:22 PM PST by ConservingFreedom (Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
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To: true believer forever
Question for everybody: Does anybody, no matter whom your candidate is, really think the GOP would not engage in voter fraud to get their candidate?

My take: The state-level GOP does not have voter fraud developed to the fine art that the Dems have, so my take is no, but not because of will, because of means.

25 posted on 03/05/2016 2:24:56 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: The Toll
Yep, every single bit of that RECORD turnout we are seeing in the primaries goes straight out the window if Left Cuban is the nominee.

Cruz would be Romney 2.0 in November if he is the nominee.

26 posted on 03/05/2016 2:24:59 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (With Cruz You Get Rubio)
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To: american colleen

Civil, yes.
Looking at the big picture I will be very happy to know Rubio is done and our choices come down to two men who would both ‘move the needle’ in a more sane direction.
I will vote for who gets the nomination, be it Cruz or Trump.
Is either perfect?
No.
But they are the best two we could hope for, IMHO.


27 posted on 03/05/2016 2:26:08 PM PST by glasseye
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To: ConservingFreedom

drudge:

KANSAS
CRUZ 49% TRUMP 25% RUBIO 15%

KENTUCKY
TRUMP 00% CRUZ 00% RUBIO 00%

MAINE
CRUZ 48% TRUMP 35% RUBIO 9%


28 posted on 03/05/2016 2:27:03 PM PST by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Cruz would be Romney 2.0 in November if he is the nominee.

Trump is Romney 2.0 with his ink-still-wet "conservatism."

29 posted on 03/05/2016 2:27:10 PM PST by ConservingFreedom (Trump fans:'he's no more conservative than Mitt'-www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3389209/posts)
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To: ConservingFreedom

There are a lot of liberals in Maine, so be prepared.


30 posted on 03/05/2016 2:27:18 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Quote:

“If Cruz is the nominee, many, many, many people sit November out. “

GOPe is having a happy Saturday too.

Landslide win for Hillary and curtains for America. Which was the plan all along folks.


31 posted on 03/05/2016 2:28:06 PM PST by TTFlyer
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To: The Iceman Cometh

He wouldn’t even be that. The media showed exactly how they plan to deal with Ted Cruz in the first few debates. They will simply ignore him.

Hillary will dodge debates like the plague, the media will cover for her on it and on election day 9 out 10 people on the street wouldn’t be able to name her opponent.


32 posted on 03/05/2016 2:28:15 PM PST by The Toll
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To: ConservingFreedom
Trump is Romney 2.0 with his ink-still-wet "conservatism."

Cruz and Hillary are owned by Wall Street. That's all you need to know about a future presidency under either candidate.

33 posted on 03/05/2016 2:28:52 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (With Cruz You Get Rubio)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Cruz doesn’t even appeal to me.

He did in the beginning. Not anymore. I’m not planning on sitting out this election but I really am not enthused about Cruz at all.


34 posted on 03/05/2016 2:28:55 PM PST by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: glasseye

Yes, we need whoever can beat Hilary. Despite Mitt Romney’s work to thwart a Hillary presidency!


35 posted on 03/05/2016 2:30:54 PM PST by american colleen
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To: be-baw

Its clear that Cruz wins the Caucus’s but loses the open voting. The Donald does best when the election is open. That way independents and democrats can vote for a republican. But he still wins if the vote is closed to just registered republicans, just not by as much.

However one thing is clear, as the field gets smaller, Rubio is not picking up disenfranchised votes. They are going to Cruz mostly but The Donald and Kasich are also getting some of that vote as well.


36 posted on 03/05/2016 2:31:07 PM PST by poinq
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To: KyCats

The Maine Caucus is a closed caucus-only registered Republicans can vote.


37 posted on 03/05/2016 2:32:48 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: ConservingFreedom

Being shot by someone on your team is a bit rough! Romney is a despicable human being.

I think the right person can work Hillary over pretty well.


38 posted on 03/05/2016 2:32:52 PM PST by american colleen
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To: The Toll
The media showed exactly how they plan to deal with Ted Cruz in the first few debates. They will simply ignore him.

Precisely. As good as he may be, Cruz doesn't have the chops to deal with the media machine. His early campaign proved that.

39 posted on 03/05/2016 2:33:03 PM PST by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: american colleen

One-third of the voters in Maine are independents, who did not vote today unless they re-registered at the caucus site today as a Republican.


40 posted on 03/05/2016 2:33:29 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Hey, GOPe.....Trump 2016. Because f___ you.)
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