The Maine Republican caucus is a 3-day affair, February 1-3. As of Saturday evening, results were: Romney 2,365; McCain 959; Paul 857; Huckabee 271; undecided 94. Here is a link to CNN’s page, which will have more complete figures on Sunday.
Maine Democratic caucuses are on February 10.
See here for an account of Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s radio interview of February 1.
First Impressions, the online version of the Michigan Law Review, has 7 articles on the electoral college. They are “An Unsafe Harbor: Recounts, Contests, and the Electoral College” by Dan Tokaji; “Reforming the Electoral College One State at a Time”, by Thomas Hiltachk; “Awarding Presidential Electors by Congressional District: Wrong for California, Wrong for the Nation”, by Sam Hirsch; “Equal Voice by Half Measures” by Ethan J. Leib and Eli J. Mark; “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Three Proposals to Introduce the Nationwide Popular Vote in U.S. Presidential Elections”, by Alexander Belenky; and “Ideological Endowment: The Staying Power of the Electoral College and the Weaknesses of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact”, by Daniel Rathbun.
The Rolla Daily News of Rolla, Missouri, on Saturday, February 2, made editorial endorsements in the presidential primaries of all three ballot-qualified parties in Missouri. In the Libertarian primary, the newspaper endorsed George Phillies. See it here. Rolla is in central Missouri, southeast of Jefferson City. Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch for this.
Other Libertarians on the Missouri presidential primary ballot are Dave Hollist, Daniel Imperato, Michael Jingozian, Steve Kubby, and Wayne Allyn Root.
The editorial also endorsed Mike Huckabee for Republicans, and Barack Obama for Democrats.
Ralph Nader will be a guest on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN “Late Edition” TV show. It runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. eastern time. Of course he won’t be on all two hours.
