Adam, I am really concerned about two things: 1) Democrats wanting to move out of the country; and 2) Christians segregating themselves and moving to “red” states.

I want to develop a post on this and I hope we (you, others like Les and SEB crew, and some of my friends on the right) can have a good dialogue about this issue. I’m so stinking busy, but I really need to find time to address this issue.

Look - you don’t know me, but I am the type of person who starts screaming when Anne Coulter and Alan Dershowitz debate each other on TV. Anne is a hack and Alan is a genuine intellectual. It drives me crazy. I don’t agree with Alan and I tend to agree with Anne, but that is not the point. Alan deserves respect and Anne deserves to be thrown into the gutter. Not for their positions, but for their delivery.

Okay, back to work…

We may not agree politically, but you have no idea how much I respect and appreciate your own efforts to keep your fellow partisans in line. Working from within to keep the process honest is one of the most patriotic things any politically passionate American can do, whatever your personal beliefs may be. I’ve tried to do the same with my recent post chastising the “move to Canada” block of the Left, and my hat’s off to you for doing your part on the Right.

If you’re looking for a map with white as a baseline color, you may be interested in this state-based map from Tilting at Windmills.

The Princeton map is from 2000, but it gives you the idea of why the USA Today map is…well…slightly misleading. Also, I don’t like using “purple” in the middle. It’s too hard to tell where the majority went for one candidate or the other. I think majority is important in a First Past the Post system. A map using white as the 50/50 marker would be best because baby blue and baby pink (representing those counties/areas where one candidate’s margin of victory was slim) allows people to make that distinction. Purple is just doesn’t work with my eyes.

Since I’m an evangelical and a “right winger” I hope I don’t get too torn up by my fellow bloggers on the right side of Silicon Tower (whereas academic institutions are referred to as the Ivory Tower, I associate the academic/political/philospohical/theological blogs with the Silicon Tower).

Actually, my intention was to slam my counterparts on the right. We need to hold each other accountable somehow! If you pointed out their error, they would ignore you because you’re a liberal. If I point it out - they may listen. Lame, but that’s the way it works.