Best state bordering Mississippi River?

[LDS Jock]

Plenty of choices in this one folks. What is your favorite and why?

[LDS Jock]

1. Illinois because of Chicago

What more could you want in a city?

[tekriter]

6. Missouri - because Illinois can keep the Cubs.

:evilgrin:

[Worst Username Ever]

2. MN, we have the headwaters.

Its where it all starts.

[Smirking_Chimp]

3. Illinois- paper ballots.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Minnesota.

It doesn't just border on the Mississippi, it's where it originates. More importantly, it's a true-Blue state and the home of Paul Wellstone and Gene McCarthy (yeah, I know -- Norm Coleman, too, :puke:). But still -- lots of liberals still live here.

[petron]

5. don't forget

Coleman was first a dem before turning to the dark side.

Minnesota is THE best state on the Ol' Miss.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. But Norm was a dick even when he was still a Democrat.

He's an opportunist, period. Only reason he switched over is that the Dems didn't want him to be their senate candidate in 1996. Norm is a totally unprincipled weasel.

[petron]

8. no doubt

I met Coleman at a silent auction fundraiser thingy and he was a dick. Not really shocking or news but thought I'd throw that out there.

[CarbonDate]

14. Wisconsin

Russ Feingold and Bob LaFollette. And yeah, we've also had to deal with Joe McCarthy and Tommy Thompson, but we also get to claim Vince Lombardi and Brett Favre.

[Renew Deal]

9. New York

[tekriter]

10. Methinks your map is broke....

New York ain't on the Mississippi to my knowledge...

[Red State Rebel]

11. Missouri!!! Cards, Rams, beautiful land....

Love it here :)

[FeelinGarfunkelly]

12. Mighty MO!

who cares if we're red, we're better than Ill-annoy, Looserana, Wis-CON-sin, Mini-soda, Kin-fucky, anystate with the name "Kansas" in it, and especially Tenne(can't)see. Damn sport of the GOP right along with golf.

And go ahead w the "Misery" jokes.
And I know this is pretty lame. But I love my state.

[Placebo]

13. Illinois, no question.

Not a swing state. Solidly blue and getting bluer by the day.

You've got your choice of a massive world renowned metropolis like Chicago, or vast stretches of rural land.

Honestly, what more could you want?

[tekriter]

15. So your choices are overcrowded streets nearly impossible to

drive on, or what seems like 9000 miles of continuous corn?

And I remind you, you STILL have the Cubs.

[barackmyworld]

16. no!

the streets are beautifully straight, gridded, and numbered.

AND THE CUBS RULE!

[Placebo]

17. EXACTLY.

Right on both counts. :D

[tekriter]

18. Rule what?

Hey - Is Chicago planning any special celebration in 2008?

[Placebo]

19. The Red Sox proved that curses are BS...

and that the Cardies are loooooooooosers, BYE BYE BIRDIES!

our time will come sooner or later. ;)

And the win is so much sweeter when you've had to work for it.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. Especially compared to Cambridge and Boston, the roads are wide

and there's hardly any traffic in Chicago! It just took me a half an hour to go from Alewife to Inman Square. That's 2.3 miles. :-(

[donheld]

21. I voted for Illinois

simply because i didn't wanna vote for any other state.