--- Ruben's right of course that my confederacy metaphor is a stretch. A piece of disreputable polemic for which I really oughta not be proud... but I'm nevertheless unashamed.
In fact, the plains and rockies states were Dangeous Ground for the Union during the Civil War. Troops and governors kept mostly close to home because of rampant, seething pockets of Confederate sympathies. In any event, consider this. Today HALF of the Senate is elected by 16 percent of the voters, in rural states. Now it's not such a horrific political imbalance in practice. All four senators from the Dakotas are progressive/conservative Democrats and farm bills are largely bipartisan. Still, is it really fair? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
