As I former resident of CA I sympathize. There's no rationale for the voting there. It's as if they want to suppress the private sector forever and as long as they are bailed out, why shouldn't they? It's going to take a total collapse of the economy to get them to reconsider.
As for Reid, as I work in NV now I get to talk to voters here. The one thing that goes unnoticed is the fact that he is the majority leader from a small state. So there's a cool factor that NV can be influential beyond its size with Reid in power. They don't tie the disasterous economy here to him, but they should.
” It’s as if they want to suppress the private sector forever and as long as they are bailed out, why shouldn’t they”
Agree. When you think you can get something for nothing, without having to do any work, then why not continue ???
Also, if you live that way, and someone convinces you that you will lose everything if someone else is representing you , then you want to maintain your current position.
As for Reid, as I work in NV now I get to talk to voters here. The one thing that goes unnoticed is the fact that he is the majority leader from a small state. So there's a cool factor that NV can be influential beyond its size with Reid in power. They don't tie the disasterous economy here to him, but they should.Something similar was posted by an AZ freeper back during the Republican primary in AZ, explaining why so many AZ voters were going for McCain.
A lot of idiot voters just vote for the "clout" and "fame" of the known (and famous) quantity and don't think about what their particular Evil Moron actually stands for.
Your second sentence contradicts the first. And I agree with the second, i.e. there is a definite rationale to vote for the federal spending influence. They are not dumb nor as loony as a parasitic juvenile who would reject his host.
The only solution which I am not sure is politically or legally possible is to rigorously isolate the State from federal largess, so that eventually it has to face it's own productivity and responsibility - that's called maturity. The contrary is called immaturity, and of course is what Democrats are all about, and for which California is universally recognized.
The mid-western and southern states incidentally are quite the opposite, actually believing in responsibility, and coming to collectively realize it - hopefully in the long run that will not be to their disadvantage. It is up to the national will and government to corroborate this.
Of course Barack Obama, but more importantly his handlers, don't have a clue. He IS the JUVENILE.
Johnny Suntrade