A small victory for Romney

Mitt Romney won a slim majority of the caucus preference votes in Maine today, securing most if not all of the state’s 18 GOP delegates when the process finishes in coming weeks. Today’s heavily attended vote was the first part of a multistep process but gives Romney a victory he can take into his Super Tuesday battles with fellow officeseeker John McCain, who had 21 percent of caucusgoers’ support. Ron Paul was third at 19 percent while Mike Huckabee was lagging with 6 percent of caucus preference.

However, McCain holds a clear polling lead in many of the Super Tuesday states, including some, according to a New York Times article by Michael Luo, that Romney apparently has largely abandoned. (Consider the source, as the Times endorsed John McCain for the GOP nod. Part of that “sense of inevitability.”) 

All this leads to an exciting night Tuesday, although with a string of McCain wins it may turn depressing for a number of GOP stalwarts.

Author: Michael

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