We are at least two different nations (in actuality many more) trying to exist as one political body and we are starting to tear apart at the seams. The current divisions between the left and right will only deepen until the cold civil war currently raging goes hot, and I for one would rather divorce peaceably before open conflict becomes necessary. I say give the liberals all of New England and from the mountains to the beach on the west coast (minus San Diego), and let's get on with the business of living.