Political tensions have been high in Arizona for a while now, but now some liberals are actually talking about seceding from the state. Lawyers and activists from Pima County, Reuters reports, are pushing to create America's 51st state, titled Baja Arizona and encompassing the Democrat-heavy Tucson and the southern county of Pima as a whole. The movement and idea of Baja Arizona dates back to the anti-war protesters of the 1960s, but this year's renewed interest includes signature-collection for petitions and ambitions to add the question to the November 2012 ballot. As Reuters observes, the new state would beat several others in land mass (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut and New Jersey) and in population (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming or the Dakotas).
Arizona liberals in Tucson, want to split the state of Arizona into 2 states with the state to the South called "Baja Arizona". If there is one way to lose the immigration debate from both sides of the aisle, you can guarantee that this will be it. This has not happened since the days of the Civil War.
It would be hard to see this taking place, when the state of California is such a mess fiscally. This division would almost surely be followed by a California style operation. Then 5 years after the golden beginning, they can live the dream by watching their municipal bonds be worth close to nothing.
Haven't we learned anything in the last 4 years? Why would even think about destroying the best state in the US?
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