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The comedy of errors in the Maine Republican presidential caucus of 2012 drags on into its third act. Act I: After its one-week period for running caucuses in towns across the state is complete, the Maine GOP releases its official …

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Updated Map of Maine Republican Caucus Results after Vote Undercount Scandal (2/17/2012)

Jim Cook 2/17/2012

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Eric Russell of the Bangor Daily News breaks the news this morning that what were supposed to be the final Maine Republican presidential caucus results for 2012 are now not actually final. It turns out that no more than two …

Posted in Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged 2012, caucus, irregularities, maine, map, results, update, voting, waldo county, washington county | 2 Comments

A Map of 2012 Maine Republican Caucus Results by County (Or Is It?)

Jim Cook 2/12/2012

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2/17 Update: the Maine GOP has retracted its official results for Washington and Waldo Counties, promising after considerable pressure to count caucus votes that had gone uncounted. A new count will be made at the March 10 meeting of the …

Posted in Election 2012, Mysteries, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged 2012, caucuses, county, gingrich, maine, map, Mitt Romney, results, rick santorum, Ron Paul, santorum | 2 Comments

A Very Different Presidential Primary In Illinois Going On Right Now

jclifford 2/11/2012

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The Illinois Green Party presidential primary is online, open right now, and allows all teenagers – not just those 18 or over – to vote. Eager adolescent citizens in Illinois, jumping at the chance to vote before the rest of their cohort, could have a major impact on the selection of the Green Party’s presidential candidate.

Posted in Election 2012, Greens, Politics, State and Local | Tagged green party, illinois, primary, teenagers | Leave a comment

God Punishes Sodomite-Friendly States of Washington and California with Warmth and a Bit of Drizzle

Jim Cook 2/9/2012

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Make it stop, cry the people of Washington state and California. We repent! Who could withstand the onslaught of warm air and occasional drizzle? But they should have known. The Washington state legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage on February …

Posted in Moral Values, Politics, Republicans, Sex and Gender, State and Local | Tagged christian, equality, fundamentalist, god, john hagee, judgment, marriage, mist, same sex, warm | Leave a comment

9 Days In, No Americans Elect Presidential Candidates are on Pace to Get on the Ballot

Jim Cook 2/9/2012

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In a publicity release sent out on January 17 2012, Americans Elect declared the GOP presidential nomination race to be sadly all wrapped up after Iowa and New Hampshire. Americans in other states wanting to express their presidential choice would …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged 2012, americans elect, ballot, disengagement, nomination, pace, president, Republicans, rules, unpopular, vote | 9 Comments

Mitt Romney Headed up to Maine: Another Day, Another Campaign Event at a Yacht Club

Jim Cook 2/9/2012

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Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, June 8 2011: Mitt Romney appears at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club private fundraiser. Sarasota, Florida, June 16 2011: Mitt Romney appears at Sarasota Yacht Club private fundraiser. Naples, Florida, November 28 2011: Mitt Romney appears at …

Posted in Economy, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged gop, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney, yacht, yacht club | Leave a comment

A Map of 2012 Missouri Republican Primary Results by County

Jim Cook 2/8/2012

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Everyone’s heard by now that the results of the Republican Party primary in Missouri on November 2012 blew the supposed front-runner, Mitt Romney, out of the water. They drenched supposed second-place leader Newt Gingrich to boot. With 100% of precincts …

Posted in Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged 2012, color-coded, county, details, failure, gop, map, missouri, Mitt Romney, newt gingrich, primary, republican, rick santorum, santorum, victor | 1 Comment

Minnesota Green Party Holding Caucuses Tonight

jclifford 2/7/2012

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For those Minnesotans who are looking for a more compassionate political agenda, there’s the Green Party. The Green Party of Minnesota is holding caucuses of its own tonight, as a great alternative to the kooky GOP contest that’s getting most of the attention this year.

Posted in Election 2012, Greens, Politics, State and Local | Tagged caucuses, green party, minnesota | 1 Comment

Earth To Minnesota GOP: Will You Accept Global Warming Reality Now?

The Green Man 2/7/2012

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Somewhere in Minnesota, one decent Republican voter can propose today that the GOP in Minnesota stop its opposition to solutions to the immense and growing problem of climate change.

Posted in Election 2012, Environment, Republicans, Science, State and Local | Tagged caucuses, climate change, global warming, minnesota | 5 Comments

Why Aren’t Minnesota Democrats Opposing Michele Bachmann?

Peregrin Wood 2/7/2012

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In the presidential contest, Bachmann established herself as an out-of-the-mainstream candidate who could not sustain broad political support. That makes her vulnerable, to an intelligent opponent. The Minnesota Democrats ought to be jumping at the chance to get Michele Bachmann finally out of the picture.

Posted in Election 2012, Politics, State and Local | Tagged aubrey immelman, congress, michele bachmann | 2 Comments

Kansas House Speaker Presents Test Of The Power Of Prayer

Peregrin Wood 2/6/2012

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Schlingensiepen and McCollough are themselves pursuing a nasty path of Christian theocracy as they state that it is unacceptable for anyone in public office to “abuse” the Bible, to cite their holy text in a way that they don’t approve of. That’s establishing a religious test for public office, which is specifically prohibited by the Constitution.

Posted in Barack Obama, Politics, Religion, State and Local | Tagged Barack Obama, bible, christianity, curses, kansas, mike oneal, prayer, psalms, separation of church and state, vengeange | 4 Comments

Jill Stein Wins Ohio Green Party Presidential Nomination

jclifford 2/5/2012

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Jill Stein won the support of the Ohio Green Party in the state’s nominating convention yesterday, placing her in the lead to become the Green Party nominee for President in 2012.

Posted in Election 2012, Greens, Politics, State and Local | Tagged green party, Jill Stein, ohio | 3 Comments

Nevada Republican Caucus Results for 2012: Map of Winners by County

Jim Cook 2/5/2012

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On February 4 2012, GOP voters in the state of Nevada turned out — about 30,000 of them — to indicate their preference in a presidential candidate. The biggest caucus vote-getter in each county of Nevada is shown by map …

Posted in Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged 2012, ameros, caucus, county, map, Mitt Romney, nevada, newt gingrich, plastic, rick santorum, Ron Paul | 2 Comments

The Brutal Math Of Keith Drummond For President

jclifford 2/3/2012

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In Keith Drummond’s America, the corporations will be able to pollute as much as they want, without regulations in the way. They’ll be raking in the profits without paying taxes. They won’t have to worry much about the poor, polluted, uneducated, sick American population, either, because they’ll just continue to outsource all their manufacturing to China.

Posted in Economy, Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, State and Local | Tagged deficit, keith drummond, lensec, missouri, primary, taxes | 3 Comments

Americans Elect, Insisting it is Not A Political Party, Generates Thousands of Political Party Registrations in California

Jim Cook 2/3/2012

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January 31, 2012: Americans Elect Political Director Darry Sragow is the latest in a long parade of Americans Elect corporate leaders to declare that Americans Elect is not a political party: February 2, 2012: California publicly releases its statistics regarding …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Election 2012, Politics, State and Local | Tagged 2012, americans elect, california, darry sragow, los angeles, los angeles county, meetup, partisan, political party, president, registrations, statistics, voter registration | 3 Comments

Winter Canceled in Council Bluffs, Iowa

The Green Man 2/1/2012