#politics As we creep toward a civil war, at least politically, I have a modest proposal: Have a referendum in all states for splitting apart the union into red and blue states, forming separate countries. And have the results (overwhelming support, I predict) be the basis of a constitutional amendment - the last such in our current Constitution - making it so.
Lots of food for thought regarding pros and cons of this division. Abe would be turning over in his grave. Or maybe not.
@johnldeboer the problem is that cities in almost every state are blue. So it would almost need to be a split across counties rather than states. #politics
@CarmenSlamdiego And rural areas in blue states are red. They don’t have any political power now except isolated representation in state and national legislatures. In my idea of a split, these pockets of opposition would no longer exist. At least politically. No Democrat legislators in Texas from Austin and no Republican representatives in Congress from upstate New York. Folks in those areas would have to relocate or suck it up.