AUGUSTA, Maine — Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee frontrunner Mitt Romney is expected to campaign in Maine on Friday, just one day before the state GOP releases results of its presidential preference poll.
Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster told The Associated Press that Romney is expected to speak Friday evening at a rally at Portland Yacht Services.
The only other candidate to visit Maine has been Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who has been running in fourth place in a four-way race. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have not campaigned in Maine and do not have much organizational support here.
Romney has been leading the Republican race since the beginning and strengthened his position with wins in New Hampshire and Florida. Santorum, however, won primaries in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota this week, and could be picking up momentum.
Still, most GOP insiders in Maine believe Romney and Paul are the leading candidates here.
Romney’s son Tagg Romney came to Maine last weekend to address a handful of caucuses around the state. Paul spent two days campaign in Maine ahead of last weekend.
Romney was supported by more than 50 percent of Republicans in the 2008 caucuses even though he did not campaign personally in Maine.
Romney has the backing of many influential state Republicans, including Senate President Kevin Raye, who is running against U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud for Maine’s 2nd Congressional seat.
“In order for the economy to rebound, Washington needs to stop erecting roadblocks for job creators,” Raye said in a recent statement. “Mitt Romney understands the importance of strengthening small business and American manufacturing.
“As president, he will lead the way to rein in the federal debt, reverse the explosive growth of government, and reduce the regulatory burden on America’s businesses to foster an environment that is favorable for job creation.”
In 2008, President Barack Obama carried the state of Maine and its four electoral votes with nearly 58 percent of vote.
The Maine Republican Party is hosting an event in Portland on Saturday evening to announce the results of a presidential preference poll. The actual statewide caucus results will not made final until May.
The Romney Flag!
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The Romney Logo–
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Hold me back…
It’s Lollapa-loser time !
The mainstream media is grooming romney to win.
The elections are rigged, that much is blatantly obvious now.
even if no one voted for romney, he’d still win, and people would still believe it.
Lets hope not….
Can you guys accept responsibility for your party or are you going to continue to claim victimhood every step of the way? It’s always someone else’s fault for everything.
the black panthers intimidating voters to vote certain ways,
voters that were dead or didn’t even exist somehow still cast ballots,
voters voting twice in the same election,
we have seen examples of these in recent elections.
And then we have the media hyping up one candidate.
And you believe what you’re told.
You claims are false and a marker of paranoia — further, they’re not even relevant. We’re talking about primaries, Republican ones. It is a pathetic excuse to blame the media because your party can’t pick a winner, that your party keeps peddling candidates that aren’t viable. It’s just more of the same from you guys, one excuse after another.
The elections are rigged? Is that how Santorum won three last night?
We just had a peoples veto over same day election registration and all of the proponents agreed without dissent that all voting was above board and legal. Were you one of them?
Eric, editing the last paragraph would be a good idea. Perhaps someone else entered the article?
The reason that establishment Republicans in Maine support Romney is because Rick Santorum is too conservative for them. If everyone who has stated that he/she “likes Santorum, but he can not win,” would vote for him, then he WOULD win! He was the first to announce his candidacy, and he has been unwavering in his pro-life, pro-traditional family stand.
Hopefully, conservative common sense will prevail in Maine.
Hopefully-
Santorum2012
Choosing the lesser of 2 evils is still choosing evil.
Who would you choose…?
It’s time for “The B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Buddies” to grease up!
Nice big picture and announced well in advance. I wonder how his turnout will be? Good job BDN! Are you going to announce your endorsement right now?
Romneycare Required Anti-Catholic Regulations Like Obamacare
Mitt Romney is vociferously attacking a provision in Obamacare requiring religious employers to cover birth control in employee health plans — but the healthcare bill he enacted as governor of Massachusetts also contained that requirement.
C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe that Romney’s criticism of President Obama is hypocritical because as governor he did not lift the state-level requirement of contraception coverage.
“The initial injury to Catholic religious freedom came not from the Obama administration, but from the Romney administration,” Doyle said.
“President Obama’s plan certainly constitutes an assault on the constitutional rights of Catholics, but I’m not sure Gov. Romney is in a position to assert that, given his own very mixed record on this.”
On a presidential campaign swing in Colorado, Romney told a crowd on Monday night that the Obama administration “said that the churches and institutions they run, such as schools and adoption agencies, hospitals, that they have to provide for their employees free of charge
contraceptives, morning after pills — in other words abortive pills and the like
– at no cost.
“Think what that does to people who are in faiths that do not share those views. This is a violation of conscience.”
Romney GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich also has attacked Romney over the birth control
provision.
“The Obama administration is raging a war against the Catholic Church,” Gingrich said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last week. “Well guess what? Mitt Romney’s Romneycare — he specifically refused to exempt Catholic hospitals, he specifically cut funding for kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens in Medicaid in Massachusetts.
“There are a lot of parallels between these two guys. Romneycare and Obamacare are essentially the same.”
Gingrich also has gone after Romney for including Planned Parenthood “in the language of his healthcare plan in Massachusetts,” Politico reported.
Gingrich said: “In the long run, the Republican Party is not going to nominate the founder of Romneycare, a liberal Republican who is pro-abortion, pro-gun control, and pro-tax increase.”
Romney:
*Pro Abortion- Proven in MA
*Proven anti 2nd Amendment
*Proven anti worker- Bain Capital
*Supporter of the Quimby National Park
The RINO Romney is just as bad as Obama, and most Mainers that I know are split between Santorum & Gingrich
Most Mainers I know will vote for Obama again, though I do know a few Paulies.
You really should get out more often, most dont like him.
Most dont like Obama’s unconstitutional medical mandate, or anti 2nd Amendment stand, or his support for the Quimby National Park,,, and so on….
While I will not defend most of the GOP candidates, I will say that I would like to have seen others instead of the ones we have now. Out of the ones we have now, I will settle on Gingrich, but I prefer Santorum.
…
Maybe he wants to show off his dog!
I don’t see the vitriol that was posted here within minutes of the announcement that Obama would be visiting Maine. Let’s go, liberals — we need to be as vicious and fact-challenged as the opposition. I challenge the Romney campaign to prove:
1) That the candidate was NOT born in a Mormon compound in Mexico.
2) That he really has only ONE wife.
3) That his campaign is NOT being directed by Glen Beck.
4) That “Mitt” ISN’T short for “Mitterand,” and that he wasn’t named after the former French Socialist president.
5) That the HBO series “Big Love” was NOT bankrolled by Romney backers trying to make Mormonism look mainstream in the years before the election.
6) That he did NOT recommend Sarah Palin to the McCain campaign so that McCain would lose and open up Romney’s path to the nomination four years later.
7) That he DOES care about poor people.
Ridiculous? Not if you were here yesterday. This short list is TAME compared to the ludicrous accusations thrown daily at our elected president.
Great Hank, now you are one of them.
lol, you defend Obama.
The Romney Campaign Wagon,
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” In 2008, President Barack Obama carried the state of Maine and its four electoral votes with nearly 58 percent of vote.”
About the percentage of people on welfare in Maine.
WOW!
The Electoral College is on Welfare!!
Anybody But Obama 2012
Ron Paul 2012.
A vote for anyone else, like Mitt, is a vote for more of the same. Don’t be fooled, and don’t just give up and vote “for the lesser of two evils” when you got someone as great as Dr. Paul on the bench. Don’t keep your best players benched.
Mitt should drop out and let Ron Paul and Rick Santorum fight it out. Both Mitt and Newt are career politicians – and neither one of them are good for our country. Mitt already said, he doesn’t care about us, we are all tangled up in this “Safety net” because he is to busy hiding his money, rather than reinvesting it in American Jobs.
Have you ever seen any living thing i.e. butterfly, fish, people etc.. that were happy about being in the “safety net”…… Hey Mitt – Were poor, we want jobs. Two things you dont know or care about.
Ron Paul 2012
Your right, but where does Ron Paul stand on the Quimby National Park….?
Romney has the looks and the charm. He is good at presenting himself as being a very diplomatic person. The problem is when you start to peel back those superficial layers and observe that very little substance is being offered. Pay attention to topics that make him uncomfortable and you can tell where his true loyalties are. He does not really care about the working class other than their potential to work for minimum wage and make profits for investors. He has no intention of fixing our monetary system because he and his cronies are part of the small percentage of people who benefit so much from the current one. He panders to the clueless and fearful by offering to increase our already stupidly oversized military juggernaut. He will also continue to support unconstitutional legislation that takes away our rights and freedoms. He is too scared to offer a list of the spending cuts it would take to actually balance the budget because it would negatively impact the majority of voters; consequently, it won’t happen. He offers no tangible plan to avoid monetary collapse and the resulting social chaos; he will just let all of the suffering play out. Regardless, he will keep smiling and the lemmings will vote for him.
On the other hand, Ron Paul doesn’t have a whole lot going on in the looks department. He’s not going to pander for your vote; he’s not going to tell you everything you’d like to hear in order to become President. However, he will veto every unnecessary spending bill, thereby reducing kickbacks and corruption. He will also put an end to military expansionism and tell the war profiteers to take a hike. Ron Paul will remove the incentives that keep immigrants coming here illegally and promote legal immigration. He will also save Social Security by avoiding bankruptcy and he will even try to fix our broken monetary system. Ron Paul will do away with the Patriot act, the President’s ability to indefinitely detain American citizens without a trial, and bills like the Enemy Expatriation Act, which would give the government the power to strip you of your citizenship. Ron Paul will also keep the government from regulating the internet. Meanwhile, the other candidates support all of this nonsense and will continue to spit on the Constitution.
Romney is a Ken Doll without a conscience!
Average hourly carpenter wage in 1980 = $16.39
Average hourly carpenter wage in 2011 = $20.98 (28% increase)
A gallon of regular gas in 1980 = $1.25
A gallon of regular gas in 2011 = $3.67 (193% increase)
A first class stamp in 1980 = $0.15
A first class stamp in 2011 = $0.44 (193% increase)
Median home price in 1980 = $64,000
Median home price in 2011 = $170,000 (166% increase)
This is one of the reasons why we MUST adopt a commodity-backed currency and purge ourselves of the terrible “inflation tax” that is suffocating the working class. This is why both parents have to work to support a family today. 90% of American’s wages have not kept up with inflation and will continue to not keep up.
Historically, economies using a commodity-backed currency enjoy stable prices ; governments can’t print the excess money that causes inflation and governments without excess money can’t spend themselves into massive debt!
Our current monetary system ultimately benefits only a small percent of our population. Don’t let them fool you into thinking that we must continue this lunacy! Please vote for Ron Paul and restore America.
Our national debt is currently $15.3 Trillion; the chances of getting to $20 Trillion without a monetary collapse are very slim. The budget deficit for this year alone is already projected to be $1.1 Trillion. Santorum’s overall plan will result in adding $900 Billion to that deficit in his first year. Gingrich’s overall plan will result in adding $850 Billion in his first year. Romney’s overall plan will add $180 Billion to the deficit in his first year. These candidates have the sheer nerve to call themselves conservatives. Obama will not cut spending either and we will likely suffer collapse by the end of his next term; where will that leave everyone who depends on entitlements and assistance?
http://news.yahoo.com/study-santorum-tax-plan-swells-deficit-900b-080423488.html
Additionally, if we go to war with Iran, the added debt and money printing will cause the monetary collapse much sooner. There is ZERO chance that we will be the first human civilization with fiat currency to continue printing money and not suffer a collapse. Ron Paul is the only candidate that would actually reduce overall spending and try to fix our monetary system. Nevertheless, you need to be prepared. Please make sure that you have enough supplies stocked up so that you and your family can survive the collapse; recovery could take up to several years!
I’m just wondering why he’s even bothering to come up here to Maine, given that the GOP Caucus has already been held, and as usual, do the same thing that every GOP and Democratic Candidate (see, I can be equal opportunity) does, namely stay below Bangor and forget that Northern Maine actually exist’s. Northern Maine actually votes. That we aren’t the biggest in population or economic impact makes us no less of a voter in any election. Given the results in Iowa between Romney and Santorum were decided less than 15 votes, that alone should force the issue of small voting bloc’s being paid attention. And with the upcoming election on the horizon, every voting bloc is going to be important. The time for both Party’s to show their commitment to the small voter is now.
Don’t vote, it only encourages them. The vote’s are rigged and if you doubt it check out:
http://www.infowars.com/massive-evidence-of-vote-fraud-in-nevada/ AND blackboxvoting.ORG
……..enter twilight music.
The case for Ron Paul; Please watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHJERqsu2c&feature=youtu.be
How does Ron Paul win if he doesn’t challenge vote fraud?
Romney: A Democrat in Republican clothing. Why is it when I look at Romney all I see is another Obama?
Ron Paul 2012
Your right, but where does Ron Paul stand on the Quimby National Park….?
to be honest, I don’t know.
The “official” word from the Ron Paul campaign is that they will not directly oppose the Quimby National Park.
I will not vote for any candidate that wont take a stand on this Nationally Important Issue…!
Dude, you got sarcasm all over the place.
I will not even consider any politician that refuses to take a position on this issue, and I am not alone in this
Top contributors to Mitt Romney: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley
Top contributors to Ron Paul: US Army, US Navy, US Air Force
I think the candidates should wear a logo of their top three contributors.
We know Mitt Romney supports Quimby’s national Park, but we have yet to hear Ron Paul address this issue— and not some BS generalized view point, but a real stance on this Nationally Important issue.
We know Romney is a RINO, but we have yet to hear from Ron Paul…!
Ron Paul would certainly not support any new national parks. His “Plan to Restore America” budget calls for selling off federal lands. The Dept of Interior is one of the departments he would abolish.
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/ron-paul-plan-to-restore-america/
He needs to state his opposition to Quimby Land
Everybody should vote for Mitt, he is on any side of an issue you want him to be, once in a while he argues with himself, but will always be on both sides of any issue you can come up with at some point in time. He reminds me of a fish he flip flops so much.
Like many conservatives, I am looking for a candidate that is willing to represent the areas I feel strongly about:
*Defend the 2nd Amendment
*Oppose ObamaCare, or RomneyCare
*Oppose Obama’s birth control mandate on the church
*Oppose the Quimby National Park (not just a politically sweeping statement, but one that directly targets the Obama supported Quimby National Park Proposal)
We are making Mitt richer by supporting these shenanigans.
He will write another book and make millions of more dollars.
Not if we dont buy into his BS