LOL! Obama wins Houlton, Maine.

[cali]

Forgive me Mainiacs, I love your state dearly, but Houlton has to be one of the more desolate places I've been.

Houlton is way, way up north in Maine- right on the Canadian border. It has a population of about 6,500 and it is overwhelming white and working class, and there are a lot of people living under the poverty line. No elites in Houlton, Clintonites. In fact, this is a town where until recently schools shut down each fall for a couple of weeks so students could help out with the potato harvest.


Aroostook County

Town of Houlton went for Obama! Huge turnout for a caucus. Over a hundred were there, Obama won by almost twenty

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/10/133322/424/621/453996

[MadBadger]

1. Cali, do you know a site that has results streaming in and updated frequently?

[IndyOp]

2. There are links in the D-KOS thread (link to it provided in the OP)...

This one looks good: http://www.wmtw.com/index.html - but no results yet.

I googled Maine Democratic Party and got this -> http://www.mainedems.org/home.aspx -- there is no link for results, though.

[cali]

4. here you go, hnmnf

http://www.turnmaineblue.com/

doesn't have much yet. the kos thread is pretty good though.

[Red Zelda]

13. Ah, Houlton!

The only place where US 1 and US 2 meet. Good moose, too.

[ingac70]

3. All those limousine liberals and blacks!

:rofl:

[SoxFan]

6. Just wait...

Wait until the black precincts in Cape Elizabeth and Kennebunk show up!

[SoxFan]

5. Houlton

Reminds of Lou Holtz' description of Fayetteville, Arkansas:

"It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there".

This is remote country, folks. It's hardscrabble, a mix of French Canadians and some Native Americans, and nary a Starbucks nor a Lexus dealership to be seen.

[Adelante]

9. If there's no Starbucks do we have to give those votes back?

It must be a big misunderstanding :D

[Yael]

12. !!

:rofl:

[NJSecularist]

7. There must be a lot of latte and limousine liberals in Maine

:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[AtomicKitten]

8. Wonderful!

[Debi]

10. Do they drink lattes there? That seems to be the deciding factor

:rofl:

[Dr Ron]

14. It apparentlty is a factor in the election

In case anyone is interested and has missed the Starbucks factor both in the 2006 election and in the 2008 Democratic primaries:

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=2873

[Debi]

16. Thank you for the link!

:hi:

[SoxFan]

11. Fairfield, ME

Obama 55
Hillary 54

Turner, ME (rural part of Androscoggin County, west of Lewiston)
Hillary 62
Obama 55
Edwards 1

[CalGator]

15. everyone knows Houlton is full of lobster-eating elitists. nt

[mlpce]

17. Houlton & Cape Elizabeth

I am from Houlton but live in Cape Elizabeth now. Very glad Houlton went for Obama. He won big in Cape Elizabeth --- 556 Obama, 217 Clinton. We had double the number expected at the caucus and it took over an hour to get thru the door.

[cooolandrew]

18. The only thing Barack didn't have is name recognition and that is changing.