Grace Wyler: Ron Paul Is Secretly Taking Over The GOP

Evidence is mounting that Mitt Romney's 194-vote victory over Ron Paul was prematurely announced, if not totally wrong. Washington County canceled their caucus on Saturday on account of three inches of snow, hardly a blizzardby Maine standards, and other towns that scheduled their caucuses for this week have been left out of the vote count. Now, it looks as though caucuses that did take place before Feb 11 have also been left out of the final tally. As the full extent of the chaos unfolds, sources close to the Paul campaign tell Business Insider that it is looking increasingly like Romney's team might have a hand in denying Paul votes, noting that Romney's team might have a hand in denying Paul votes, noting that Romney has some admirably ruthless operatives on his side, and a powerful incentive to avoid a fifth caucus loss this month. According to the Paul campaign, the Maine Republican Party is severely under-reporting Paul's results, and Romney isn't getting the same treatment. For example, nearly all the towns in Waldo County, a Ron Paul stronghold, held their caucuses on Feb 4, but the state GOP reported no results for those towns. In Waterville, a college town in Central Maine, results were reported but not included in the party vote count. Paul beat Romney 21-5 there, according to the Kennebec County GOP. "It's too common," senior adviser Doug Wead told Business Insider. "If it was chaos, we would expect strong Romney counties to be unreported, and that's not what's happening."