Romney Easily Wins Maine's Republican Caucuses (Updated)  —  According to the Associated Press, Mitt Romney won 53% of the vote, followed not at all closely by John McCain, who won 21% and Ron Paul, who won 19%.  —  Mr. Romney's campaign spent money to turn out voters, whereas Mr. McCain's did not.

Why the Clock May Favor Obama  —  Isaac makes a good point about the MacGillis/Kornblut piece in today's WaPo, which wonders if Obama has enough time to catch Hillary before Tuesday.  I'd add a couple thoughts:  —  First, Obama isn't playing for a win on Tuesday.  Just something that approximates a stalemate.

Crackup?  Not So Fast.  —  Calm down.  The GOP's demise isn't as imminent as some would have it.  —  “We are at the end of the Reagan era.”  Or, at least, that is the claim of voices as diverse as Newt Gingrich and Ed Rollins on the right and Sen. Chuck Schumer and pollster Stanley Greenberg on the left.

“Paid For By Obama For America”  —  I heard a powerful Obama ad on K-Earth 101 while driving this morning.  That's the '60s/'70s rock station.  The pitch combined some fine Obama audio on change and the future with clips from the scores of newspaper endorsements the Illinois senator has racked up.

Berkeley's Marine Corps Recruiting Center Controversy  —  Protest by World Can't Wait and Code Pink  —  As noted in an earlier zombietime report, the radical group Code Pink has since September of 2007 been staging protests in front of a U.S. Marine Corps' “Officer Selection Office” …

Lynch: US ‘surge’ tipped scales in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander.  He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.

Dueling primary debates looming  —  Ohio will have its own on day of Greater Houston Partnership event  —  WASHINGTON — CNN has announced plans for a presidential debate in Ohio on the same day as one scheduled later this month by the Greater Houston Partnership and MSNBC.

Getting Past the '60s?  It's Not Going to Happen.  —  Getting Past the '60s?  It's Not Going to Happen.  —  O ne of the most fascinating notions raised by the current presidential campaign is the idea that the United States can and must finally overcome the divisions of the 1960s.

Democrats Flood States With Ads as Tuesday Nears  —  Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have unleashed advertisements in nearly all the 22 states that have Democratic presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, a combined $19 million expenditure that is the most ambitious …

New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama  —  Song from Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am Inspired by Obama Speech  —  Celebrity-filled music videos have been used to support many social movements, from famine relief for Africa, to support for American farmers, to opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

Obama Defends Driver's Licenses for Illegals in Interview with ABC News  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told ABC's David Muir Saturday that his support for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants will not block his path to the White House because he and G.O.P …

The Party Animal Either Plays Well or Fights Well  —  SOMETIMES the simplest of arguments can reveal the deepest of divisions.  Take the dispute between Senator Barack Obama and the Clintons over the legacy of Ronald Reagan.  The episode began in Reno, Nev., you will recall …

LET LYNNE STEWART ROT  —  Might terror-coddling attorney Lynne Stewart get her just deserts after all?  It is to be hoped.  —  A three-judge federal appeals panel heard arguments Tuesday from prosecutors seeking a harsher sentence for Stewart, who was given just 28 months in prison in 2006 …

Bill Clinton to make black church tour Sunday  —  (CNN) - Two prominent African-American politicians plan to join former President Bill Clinton on a tour of black churches this Sunday in Los Angeles.  Sources say one of the officials has described it as Clinton's “mea culpa tour” to the black community.