[xkaydet65]

This is why Obama is leading in places like North Carolina. So many from NY/NJ have moved there in the last ten years, bringing with them their expectation that govt will give them something while someone else pays for it. Of course this is the very reason they left NY/NJ in the first place. they grew tired of paying for someone else. But now along comes the three headed monster, Obama, Reid ,Pelosi promising all sorts of goodies that only "the rich" will pay for and these ex NYer/NJite say wow let me get mine.

The idea that govt is a giver of free stuff will expand as northeasterners move south and west. My part of America developed the idea of govt as employer of last resort, dispenser of welfare, provider of health care. That's what we've grown up with and as we move these ideas will be coming to a neighborhood near you.

[gridlock]

Cannot I get some kind of an ID card showing that I am not a typical NJ voter? Maybe if I save all of my old Fred Thompson, McCain/Palin and Ronald Reagan lawn signs (complete with snarky graffiti from the neighbors), I can get some kind of dispensation...

[Citizen Blade]

The idea that govt is a giver of free stuff will expand as northeasterners move south and west. My part of America developed the idea of govt as employer of last resort, dispenser of welfare, provider of health care. That's what we've grown up with and as we move these ideas will be coming to a neighborhood near you.

Not to put a damper on this, but the Red States, per capita, receive more from the Federal government in tax dollars then they send to the treasury. States like New York, California and New Jersey are paying for Mississippi, Georgia and Virginia.

So, maybe people in New Jersey are moving elsewhere because they are sick of seeing their Federal tax dollars being siphoned to other States.

[MinorityRepublican]

Well Liberals are not replacing themselves so if they move to places like NC and Texas, they are unlikely to outnumber Conservatives who tend to have 2-4 children in the future.