Couldn't we offer Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to Canada? It wouldn't be much of a loss as far as I can see....
Goldwater said something similar to that in 1964, and, in the words of his primary rival William Scranton, Sr., he was "soundly repudiated" in November.
Hey, leave New Hampshire out of this! New Hampshire sends two conservative Republicans to the Senate (Judd Gregg and John Sununu, Jr.).