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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:23 AM
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If New Orleans residents relocate to Texas, will LA still be a blue state?
It was my understanding that NO was what made LA blue, the rest of the state is pretty conservative. If everyone from NO relocates to TX, LA could become a red state. And there aren't enough Democrates from NO to convert TX to a blue state.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:30 AM
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1. Texas has more electoral votes anyway. Blue folks from LA have more
pull if they turn Texas! And BUSHCO shenanigans the past month and a half have probably made for some blue converts in TX, LA, MS, and AL.

Remember: 'bush* don't need to be president no mo!' Music to my ears coming out of a young man in Mississippi!
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:36 AM
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2. Thom Hartmann spoke on the same topic yesterday
He said LA would go red. The spillover into TX wouldn't be enough to turn TX blue.
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:36 AM
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3. I believe your analysis is correct :(
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enigma000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:40 AM
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4. Louisiana is a Red State

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/
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win_in_06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:40 AM
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5. LA wasn't already Red?
Bright red, at that?
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drthais Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:41 AM
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6. the real question is:
will Texas become a Blue state?
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:42 AM
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7. Louisiana is already a red state.
Why did you think it was blue?

New Orleans is blue, but the STATE is decisively red.
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dubyaD40web Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 10:56 AM
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8. Except when Clinton beat Dole.
I think all states due west of the Mississippi river went blue that year.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 11:37 AM
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12. Clinton won most of the Southern states, but that hasn't
been true since 2000, with or without the Supreme Court and Diebold.

Tennessee and Virginia also have Dem governors, but I haven't heard anyone assume we're blue states (I'm in TN).
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 11:25 AM
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10. Pro'ly 'cause it has a Dem Governor, pseudo-Dem Senator. (NT)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 11:17 AM
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9. LA is already red
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 11:26 AM
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11. Louisiana may go blue over the slow federal response.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 12:40 PM
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13. This could help Kinky Friedman run for Governor.
Edited on Wed Sep-07-05 01:07 PM by Reciprocity
From his web site.

Good People, here’s the deal:

IF YOU VOTE IN EITHER PRIMARY – FOR ANY CANDIDATE, FOR ANY POSITION, YOU CANNOT SIGN THE PETITION! - That’s why we say “Save your Vote for Kinky.” Texas is the ONLY state in the union with these restrictions.
http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/
This is a pool of folks that he needs.
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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 01:56 PM
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14. What about DeLay?
We need to get rid of this scum, seems alot of evacuees are currently in or around his district.... it could help to get rid of that vermin!

If any of you can do it, get them jobs and lives in Sugarland... mostly to help them, but it will address the rat infestation problem
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