November 08, 2004 Democrats Ponder Alternatives: Vote Suppression, Secession and Assassination We have chronicled the decline of Lawrence O'Donnell, as he shrieked incoherently at John O'Neill and denounced President Bush as unfit to be depicted on his television show, The West Wing. Now, reader Craig Knutson says that O'Donnell--who is not just an artiste but a paid commentator on MSNBC--is pondering secession: Lawrence O'Donnell (I believe this is the Larry that talked on McLaughlin), said the "blue states" should over the next 20 years seriously consider seceding from the union, because the red states are welfare recipients without supporting the...