LOL Well I moved here from CO so I don't know if I can be called a flatlander or not. Compared to CO VT is flat. Or small foothills at any rate.
Anyway, you are right about VT Repub.'s. We just elected a Repub. Gov. and Lt. Gov. because they stayed on track and avoided hot button issues though. Other Repub.'s lost because they avoided those same issues in their county races.
FWIW Leaky is up for re-election in '04 and we're working on that. Jeffords is an Independent. That means Independent Fund Raising in '06. The Dem.'s liked his treason here but they won't give him any money. Repub's will never forget. He can panhandle on the street corner for his next election.