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Beyond Partisanship: A Red, White and Blue Revolution

Source: Human Events

People are tired of "red-versus-blue" partisanship and bickering. Across America, people say they are tired of negative campaigns, bitter partisan arguments and gridlock in Washington with nothing substantive getting done.

Just a blue girl in a red state with a green tomato tart

Source: EVERYDAY CITIZEN www.everydaycitizen.com

Mince up your fresh thyme and sprinkle on the tomatoes. If you like pepper, generously sprinkle fresh ground pepper over them too. Now top your tomatoes with slices of garlic cloves.

Divergent state laws dealing with illegal immigration

Source: OneNewsNow.com

The Washington Post recently reported that while the Bush administration and Congress sit gridlocked on an immigration overhaul, the states are jumping into the debate as never before.

Red State, Blue State: The changing face of electoral maps

The 2000 Presidential election remains crisp in my sometimes-failing memory. Of course, the controversy over G.W. Bush's electoral college (and, some might say, Supreme Court-handed) victory over Al Gore is the primary reason.

Satire: Red State Blue State

Source: CNET News.com

Finally a news outlet covering the differences between Democrats and Republicans on an important issue like seatbelts on grocery carts. Won't someone think of the children?

A Coffee House, with A Liberal Perk

Source: Brown Daily Herald

The Brown Daily Herald reports today on the upcoming debut of "Blue State Coffee", a coffee house for liberal values and people that love them, slated to open its doors in Providence's trendy and student-oriented East Side in May or June.

Party ID in States Shifted in 2006

Source: politicalarithmetik.blogspot.com

Democrats gained an average of 3.4% and Republicans lost 3.0% in partisan identification between 2005 and 2006, according to a new Gallup estimate based on over 30,000 interviews conducted throughout 2006.

How To Turn the South Blue for the Democrats

Source: The Nation

The last thing my daddy wanted to do on a fine crisp fall Saturday in 1972, he made quite clear, was drive forty-five minutes in traffic just to hear "a bunch of Republicans yammering their rich man's nonsense." But I begged and whined until he caved.

Voting Republican Is Killing Your Children: Health of Children in Red States Suffers

Source: ABC News

Children living in red states — those in which a majority of the citizens voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election — may be worse off in terms of health than those living in states that voted Democrat, according to a new book.

Notice Anything Strange About This Graphic?

Source: simplyleftbehind.blogspot.com

See graphic on the page to better understand what's being discussed below. No wonder the Red States support this war and this moron in the White House: they have very little skin in the game, relatively speaking.

Red State Babylon

Source: The Latest From VanityFair.com

The red states may be more churchgoing than the blue states, but they're no strangers to Peyton Place.

The GOP vs. Moms With Questions

Source: Kid Oakland

At Blue Jersey local blogger JRB has an excellent piece documenting just how in bed with the GOP the press can be.

Red Dawn - Forget about blue Oregon: The Republicans are taking over.

Source: wweek.com

From the article: The May primary election hit Kevin Looper like a head-butt. Looper, 36, is a genial, grizzly-sized political consultant who moved to Portland six years ago and is now perhaps the state's top voter-turnout guru.

Pink Is the New Red

Source: The Washington Post

Blue & Red states no more, now it's "Pink" and "Light Blue" as Bush's popularity dips deeper than 14 year-old at a school dance.