Fried Column on Maine GOP Caucuses

Amy Fried, a UMaine political scientist, wrote in her regular Bangor Daily News op-ed column about apparent discrepancies in the Maine GOP caucuses that declared Mitt Romney the winner in a close race, with Ron Paul second. Fried compared that outcome to what happened in Iowa several weeks ago, when Romney was declared the winner by a slim margin but the result was later overturned after closer scrutiny of town results, leading to a win for Rick Santorum. Fried wrote that Maine’s political reputation is at stake unless the problems are fixed.

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