[llevrok]

I would say just the opposite of Dr. Dean.

Places like Vermont, New Hampshire and much of California are becoming "estranged" from the rest of our great country.

[zip]

Places like Vermont, New Hampshire and much of California are becoming have become "estranged" from the rest of our great country.

[DM1]

"Places like Vermont, New Hampshire and much of California "

New Hampshire is probably the last New England state to have any semblance of being pro-american and much more conservative than most of the NorthEast. We still have two Conservative Republican Senators (i believe they are ranked in the high 90s with the ACU) and two Republican Congressmen although one is a complete Rino while the other is so-so. so all hope is not lost in NH :)

[RobbyS]

The western coastal strip is estranged from the rest of the country, more or less like the Bowash strip in the east.