Rat Says: Just as in Louisiana, the people are fooled by a voting process in Maine that was designed to confuse them. The media is complicit in this scam but this may back fire. The popular vote in Maine is a non-binding straw poll and the delegates already chosen will vote in May. Ron Paul Headquarters feels that they have the most delegates, but we will not know till the state convention in May.

That doesn’t stop the corrupt mainstream media from reporting a fake Romney victory just as they reported a fake Louisiana victory for McCain. Dailypaul did a great job of getting this story out:

From DailyPaul:

The MSM is reporting the results of a NON-BINDING straw poll and they are using those results to GUESS at the number of delegates that each candidate will get. What you need to know is that TWO things happen at the Maine Caucus.

1) A straw poll is taken. All the Republicans in town get together and cast a ballot. This is what the media reports.

2) Delegates are elected to the State Convention held in May.

Yahoo and CNN are only GUESSING on the number of delegates to the State Convention in May for each candidate. They are taking the straw poll results and ASSUMING that the delegates to the state convention will reflect this breakdown.
HOWEVER, the delegates are not bound by the straw poll results. You may have a case where Town X voted 90% for Romney but all of the delegates from Town X are RP supporters. I know for a fact that in one town RP got 40% of the straw poll vote but 85% of the delegates.

Rat Says: Here is a little more information tucked away in some local online Newspaper’s site. They actually mention that the caucus is non-binding, but they fail to explain how the delegates are actually chosen:

The nonbinding votes are the first step toward electing 18 Maine delegates to the Republican National Convention. No delegates are awarded by the caucuses, which are in effect a preference poll of Maine voters. Worcester Telegram & Gazette

AP(Rothschild) Reports “Voters Backing Romney”

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