If the Blue States were united, where would the capital be?

[ZombieNixon]

Ripped off another thread b/c the OP can't do polls.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2992644

[htuttle]

1. Split the difference

Madison is right in the middle.

;)

[Sterling]

4. Ok I change my vote to Madison as well.

Good call. That would help keep my rent down here. lol.

[Sabriel]

5. Plus, we have the tallest capitol building

Not to mention all the foam-cheese possibilities for visitors.... "I visited the Blue State capital and all I got was this lousy cheese-shirt."

[ZombieNixon]

6. LOL

[RevCheesehead]

23. And the real President has already been here, too.

President Kerry (in the tradition of "Fighting Bob" LaFollette (sp?)

[Taxloss]

51. I like your sig line. n/t

[Sterling]

2. NYC is the capitol of the world. Why not here?

Without the slave states to consider it might have stayed here in the first place. However maybe Philly would be better because I already pay too much rent as it is.

[Renew Deal]

3. The president would live at City Hall in NY.

He/she would share an apartment with the mayor.

:crazy:

[barackmyworld]

7. Chicago! central location, super democratic

less terror-prone than NY.

[ZombieNixon]

12. But, by virtue of being the capital,

wouldn't it then become terror-prone? If the seat of the US government wasn't in DC, why would it even be considered a major city?

[faithfulcitizen]

21. me too! chicago, midway point nt

[Bill McBlueState]

8. Boston, where American democracy got its start

Also, Boston has a nice safe buffer zone between itself and the nearest red state.

[candy]

9. Boston,where else?

[illflem]

10. Dallas, just to piss them off

[Coastie for Truth]

11. Let's talk really Blue

Capital on Treasure Island (in SF Bay) - beautiful view

Federated Blue States of:

California north of San Luis Opisbo,

Oregon

Washington

and (once the Quebecois secede) British Columbia

[ZombieNixon]

13. Well, there's SF, Portland and Seattle, free for the choosing.

You mean the coastal areas, right? Eastern OR and WA are very red.

[Wiley50]

14. We would be divided like Gaza and the West Bank

The Left coast Blues and the Upper East Blues with all of that Red no-man's land in between.
Not anymore workable here that it is in Israel
But, come to think of it, Liberals have much in common with Palestinians these days

[AliciaKeyedUp]

15. I think New York is a given

It's the financial capital of the U.S. already.

[moggie12]

16. Starbucks, of course n/t

[JI7]

17. keep in DC since it's blue and give it statehood with reps and senators

[illflem]

18. Which ones are blue states?

[ZombieNixon]

20. Where's you get that map from?

I'm looking very closely at it, and I can't find a blue county in Delaware, a solid blue state.

[illflem]

27. University of Michigan

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/

or do we use this 1996 map? Red and blue are reversed as they most often were until 2000

[ruggerson]

30. how cool, a rightwing map which distorts reality n/t

[QC]

42. The whole red/blue state thing itself is a divisive right wing meme

designed to exaggerate the GOP's power and our party's weakness, but that doesn't prevent an awful lot of "progressives" and "liberals" from mindlessly repeating it every chance they get.

[ruggerson]

31. Here's the real map

[Anarcho-Socialist]

19. D.C. is about 90% Democratic, it's a darker shade of blue than any

Let's just keep it in D.C.

[JI7]

22. that's why Republicans oppose statehood

it would mean 2 safe Democratic Seats in the Senate.

[da_chimperor]

24. Why not have three capitols, like South Africa?

New York can be the executive, Boston, the judicial, and San Francisco the legislative. Or something like that. Eh?

[Lefty48197]

25. They would outsource the capital to China where labor is cheaper

gotta help keep taxes low you know.

[JVS]

26. The tip of Michigan's Upper peninsula

This is the most easily defensible point far away from red stats

[ZombieNixon]

28. Isn't UP Michigan one little red state of its own?

;)

[JVS]

29. We'll make the City on the tip of the UP blue by relocating the people of

Ann Arbor

[ZombieNixon]

32. Good plan.

[illflem]

33. Or do we divide it up like this 1984 map

Reagan vs Mondale. Again blue and red are reversed

[JVS]

35. Philly sold us up the river those miserable SOBs!

[Cuban_Liberal]

34. Chicago.

The 'bluest city' in America, aside from D.C. . Centrally located, air- and rail- hub of the nation, etc. .

[JVS]

36. Detroit is bluer

[Cuban_Liberal]

37. Is it?

Chicago has 49/50 city council seats in Democratic hands.

:shrug::hi:

[JVS]

38. In 2000 Gore got 96% Bush and Nader tied at 2%

[Cuban_Liberal]

39. Wow!

Impressive!

:thumbsup:

[amandabeech]

47. Real Estate prices are lower in Detroit,

and there is a considerable amount of land available for redevelopment, or it looks like that from the commuter plane that I regularly take to the new Detroit Metro Airport.

Also, if the Red States attacked, the Blue States government would be able to go into exile in Canada just by crossing a bridge, running through a tunnel or jumping on a boat.

[Taxloss]

48. Detroit would really benefit from it.

It needs it.

[oneold1-4u]

40. A temporary place

Would likely be a necessity-perhaps in mid-Canada, where attack from reds would not be viewed kindly by other nations.

[tjwmason]

41. Nowhere

Why is a capital needed? I can see why my capital is London, or the French have Paris &c.&c. (i.e., tons of history), but it seems to me that a large capital city encourages a federal boondogle.

Have a small seat of government to house the President, Congress, and Supreme Court (in fact they could have three different places), not in a major city where land-prices are incredibly high. Then position the necessary civil-servants in places where they can boost the local economies.

Keeping away from grandiose governmental statements seem to me to fit perfectly with the ideals of the suggested 'Blue States'.

[Taxloss]

49. You mean a Canberra.

Sort of.

[tjwmason]

52. Yes

But not necessarily such a boring place as Canberra.

[MountainLaurel]

43. Washington, DC

'cause 90 percent of DC residents voted against the Shrub, a larger margin than anywhere else in the country.

[Fleurs du Mal]

44. NYC or SF

[purji]

45. Ok It can be at my house

I have beer and munchies. :)

[Wiley50]

46. Reality. Succession would never be tolerated

The south tried that 150 years ago.

[Taxloss]

50. What about London, UK, or Ottawa?

If we were to have full blue-state unity, that is.

Or a perpatetic capital? Different city every five years? That would be interesting.