But sometime before I left the state for good in 1988, it transformed from a can-do anything free market state into one which wanted to get their share of government favors. Our congressional delegation became 100% Democrat. 90% of the college graduates left the state for work, never to return, just as I did.
Then slowly, the state started to rebuild. The RINO GOP leadership was replaced with real conservatives, people started to stand their ground and the RINO-Democrat alliance begin to crumble, spurred on by the totalitarian statist brand of Democrats represented by Obama's minions.
In the 2010 election, 2/3rds of the state's congressional Democrats were replaced. The last one will be gone by 2012. It didn't happen from the top down, it happened from the bottom up. Other states would do wise to take note.
Other states would do wise to take note.
Once again:
"All Politics are LOCAL"