After Jan. blood sport, GOP primary visits Maine

There is an adage, somehow especially popular among those writing letters to editors, that goes more or less thus: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts. Clearly, they are unfamiliar with presidential election polls.This weekend will bring another barrage, but some polls show the South Carolina GOP primary as a close race, with only two points separating presumed nominee Mitt Romney and Newt “Speaker Badger” Gingrich.Meanwhile, the famously GOP-establishment friendly Rasmussen poll shows more than 20 points between the duo although that’s seen by many as more or less the official poll of wishful thinking.
The polls, and indeed the looming primaries in S.C. and Florida should be getting some attention from Maine’s Republican leadership. Once the dust settles in the Sunshine State the nation’s media elite will be scrambling to find the next stop for the primary circus, and the only game in town will be right here in Maine.Prepare Best Moncler Jackets for the Chilly Winter.And if they think that guy driving decision-making results around Iowa backroads was frustrating, wait until they discover how we do things.Why would you have just a day? We have a week or so, starting Feb. 4 and rambling among more than 500 caucus locations until more or less wrapping up Feb. 11.
If you navigate the state GOP website past the self-congratulations over the governor’s budget cuts (note to GOP organizers: even on a site meant for activists, “congratulations” on the cutbacks is akin to Gov. Romney saying he “likes to fire people.”) you discover that the Portland city caucus is Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Riverton School, 10 a.m. to noon.
While I remain an anti-consensus Cassandra on the issue, it seems clear that the GOP primary race goes well beyond Florida, if only because so many of the candidates don’t really have anything better to do.
That’s will be spun as “really bad news” for anyone hoping to replace President Obama, but once again “they” are wrong. Some of us with actual memories recall that was the conventional wisdom when then-Senator Obama went up against the Clintons.It turns out that playing those early rounds sharpens an opponent, a chilling prospect as our well-rested Patriots face the OMG! Broncos.By the time the primary hits Maine, however briefly, the theme of 2012 will be firmly established. This is going to be about rich vs. poor, and that’s a contrast pitting a former community organizer from Chicago up against (most likely, they say) a very rich hedge fund guy.

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