Massachusetts is almost a textbook virus infected cell.
A virus infects the host cell. It hijacks the cell and proceeds to alter the cell and turn it into a virus factory. In the process it kills the cell and all the virii break free and flood to the neighboring cells where they infect them and repeat the process all over again.
Just replace "virus" with "leftist thought".
That sounds just like the relationship between California and Oregon.
New tag line ?
"Massachusetts is almost a textbook virus infected cell."