[Iron Munro]

as leftist as we regard Vermont these days, up until the early 1960’s it was a “reliably Republican” state. What happened?

It was discovered by the homosexuals and yuppies who couldn't afford a weekend/retirement home in Greenwich.

[PermaRag]

That, plus the fact that even when Vermont was in its last days of being “reliably Republican” it was in no way “Conservative” at least not if you go by the politicians it sent to Congress.

Lots of places in the Northeast, such as the Philly suburbs, used to be “reliably Republican” — but NEVER Conservative — and they went lurching leftward after the Republican Revolution of 1994 in which eeeevil Bible-thumping Southern Conservatives took over the party.