The Love Revolution Wins Washington County, Maine

++Washington County, Maine--the most eastern point of the state--finally cast their votes in the Republican caucus and their turnout was almost three times the amount that voted in 2008. Leading up to today, the Paul people were organizing like crazy because they felt a big turnout would upset the final caucus results and force the party to reverse its decision to declare Mitt Romney the winner. Paul did win big for the county--by 80 votes. By last count, Romney would have won the caucus by 120 votes overall. Preliminary results are being released after the Maine GOP has been recounting the results. So who knows whether the Love Revolution will still pull this off.

++A Wisconsin judge said enough is enough, ordering Scott Walker there can no longer be any delay on the recall question. The Governor has artfully extended the period after the original petitions were submitted so that he could raise millions for the recall election. He will spend in the recall election more than he did to win the original race.

++Strange but true--51% of all GOP primary voters believe that President Obama was not born in the United States.

++Paul Babeu, the Pinal County ,Arizona, sheriff, who appeared in the Senator McCain ad, saying "You're one of us",has been accused by his former lover of threatening to deport the man if he reveled that Babeu was gay.

++Meanwhile Dick Cheney lobbied the Maryland legislature to pass the gay marriage bill. It passed the House.

++The same day Chris Christie did indeed veto the same sex bill, which had passed both houses in New Jersey.

++President Obama raised $29 million in campaign funds last month, primarily from small donors. This brings him to around $250 million so far.

++Former Senator Mike DeWine, now Attorney-General of Ohio, switched support from Romney to Ricky Santorum because Santorum "is human"--one of the strangest reasons for endorsing anyone. But the point is made.

++Meanwhile Forthy Mix blasted Obama for supporting pre-natal monitoring because he claims the president doesn't like people with disabilities. The surging Santorum criticized Obama's "Christian" beliefs. Not long ago, Santorum also said that protestants were outside Christianity.

++The former McCain adviser Mike Schmidt appeared on Rachel Maddow and explained that Santorum is basically disqualified as a candidate in the general election because he is opposed to all birth control. Schmidt said that Romney can't challenge this is the primaries because he is trying to get support from the same people.

++Glenn Greenwald published an expose of one of Romney's biggest financial supporters--Frank VanderSloot, who is known for his raving homophobia and having bankrolled Proposition 8 in California.

++The head of the largest auto dealers organization, which generally supports Republicans in presidential elections,blasted Romney on the auto industry bailout and accused the former Governor of being irresponsible and reckless, not the message Romney needs heading into Michigan. The latest poll there still has Santorum in the lead, despite Romney unleashing his barrage of negative ads. For trivia fans, Romney's ads are prepared by the same man who did the Willie Horton ad against Michael Dukakis. You can even see the bit about "letting felons out of jail" at the end of the anti-Santorum ad.

++A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll is out on New Jersey. President Obama has gained 10 its since October and now has a 60% approval rating. Among independents his approval is 55, up 14 points. Even 17% of Republicans now view the President favorably. Also by two-to-one, New Jerseyans support same sex marriage.