You've all seen & heard the news coming out of Ohio & Wisconsin, haven't you? Well here's what I think is behind it.....
NCAA Football
Yep! You heard me correctly. I said NCAA Football
Now HOW did I reach this "Radical" theory you ask? Simple.
It all started in Wisconsin (Home of the Wisconsin Badgers) as Governor Scott Walker (Eventually) RAMMED his UNION BUSTING JOB KILLING bill through state government. While Badger Country was in a state of political chaos, Ohio Governor (And former Fox News Host) John Kasich figured HE could "Slide" HIS union busting job killing bill through Ohio's legislature. Well he managed to do it (Mainly because the Progressive Democrats didn't have a snowball's chance in hell) but his bill goes too far as HE WENT AFTER POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS WORKERS & OTHER ESSENTIAL FIRST RESPONSE PERSONNEL in addition to teachers & other non-essential state employees.
As someone who has been in the WRONG end of MORE AMBULANCES THAN I CARE TO COUNT & spent more hours in MORE TRIPS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THAN I CARE TO COUNT (Including ONE WHICH SAVED MY LIFE I might add!), I was PISSED OFF!!
Now I feel fortunate I live here in Colorado (Which is primarily controlled by Democrats) & not in Ohio or Wisconsin, but still.....
Anyway, now Michigan Governor David Snyder is on the act & wants a piece of the action. That got me to noticing a pattern & wondering what sort of tricks the Republicans were up to in attempting to create YET ANOTHER belt for themselves & their rich friends.
Well I didn't have to go very far to look. In fact, I didn't need to look any further than Wikipedia (You know, the OTHER Wiki-based site that DOES NOT turn national secrets into dirty laundry). What I found was STAGGERINGLY MINDBLOWING.
Take a look.....
LIST OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS IN THE NEW BIG 10 CONFERENCE STATES
IOWA Terry Branstad
(Iowa Hawkeyes)
INDIANA Mitch Daniels (2005)
(Indiana Hoosiers, Purdue Boilermakers)
MICHIGAN David Snyder
(Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans)
NEBRASKA Dave Heineman (2005)
(Nebraska Cornhuskers)
OHIO John Kasich
(Ohio State Buckeyes)
PENNSYLVANIA Tom Corbett
(Penn State Nittany Lions)
WISCONSIN Scott Walker
(Wisconsin Badgers)
LIST OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS IN THE NEW BIG 10 CONFERENCE STATES
ILLINOIS Pat Quinn
(Illinois Fighting Illini, Northwestern Wildcats)
MINNESOTA Mark Dayton
(Minnesota Golden Gophers)
STATE LEGISLATURES IN THE NEW BIG 10 CONFERENCE
HOUSE
ILLINOIS (Democrat) - 64-54
INDIANA (Republican) - 60-40
IOWA (Republican) - 60-40
MICHIGAN (Republican) - 63-47
MINNESOTA (Republican) - 72-62
NEBRASKA (NONPARTISAN)
OHIO (Republican) - 59-40
PENNSYLVANIA (Republican) - 112-91
WISCONSIN (Republican) - 60-38 (1 Independent)
SENATE
ILLINOIS (Democrat) - 35-24
INDIANA (Republican) - 37-13
IOWA (Democrat) - 26-24
MICHIGAN (Republican) - 26-12
MINNESOTA (Republican) - 37-30
NEBRASKA (NONPARTISAN)
OHIO (Republican) - 23-10
PENNSYLVANIA (Republican) - 30-20
WISCONSIN (Republican) - 19-14
TOTALS
GOVERNORSHIPS (Republican) 8-1
HOUSE (Republican) 540-412-1 with 7 of 9 states (1 Nonpartisan)
SENATE (Republican) 220-160 with 7 of 9 states (1 Nonpartisan)
CONCUSIONS
* 8 Of 9 New Big 10 Conference States Have Republican Governors. Of those, only TWO are incumbents (Indiana's Mitch Daniels & Nebraska's Dave Heineman). Nebraska is the newest member of the new Big 10 (Or the LONE remaining member of the OLD Big 12, depending on how you look at it
* Republicans control 7 of 9 states in BOTH the House & Senate with Illinois & Iowa being the lone Democratic strongholds (Iowa in the Senate ONLY) in the new Big 10 Conference & Nebraska being a Nonpartisan state in the legislative branch. Because of this, Nebraska was only counted in the state total but NOT counted in the seat total
Toss out Nebraska (Since they are the newest member to the conference & have a Nonpartisan State Legislature & Senate) & the Republicans STILL hold 6 of 8 states in the old Big 10 Conference with Illinois & Iowa being the lone Democrat strongholds
If THAT creating a new "Bible Belt", I dunno what is then.....
SOURCES & CREDITS
List Of Current United States Governors
List Of Current United States Legislatures
Wikipedia
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