(Just a short post tonight. Had a long day that included being trapped in 6X12 pediatrician office for two hours with a two year old and five year old boy. Just because they're my own kids, doesn't lessen the torture. We passed the time by shoving tongue depressers under the door, playing games with the blood pressure monitors, and enduring witticism from the nurses, such as "Hey mom, aren't boys great?". Later, I went to parent observation day at my kid's school where I observed a captivating lesson on coloring in bears brown. For dinner, we drove into the city to have dinner with an old babysitter and picked up Steve in Times Square where we played chicken with pedestrians. 8:45 and finally at the computer.)
Yesterday, I spent a fair amount of time studying this breakdown of the election by state.
A quick question for my midwestern friends. When did Minnesota become a swing state? It hasn't voted for a Republican for president since a terrible mistake back in 1972. Why is Minnesota such a close state right now? Has it grown more conservative in recent years?