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Strange Sightings: Liberal Secessionists in Arizona

May 10, 2011

Reuters:

A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot ambition to the forefront of Arizona politics.  A group of lawyers from the Democratic stronghold of Tucson and surrounding Pima County have launched a petition drive seeking support for a November 2012 ballot question on whether the 48th state should be divided in two.

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  1. May 21, 2011 10:31 pm

    Classical liberalism begets modern liberalism and vice versa I guess. Everyone believes in democracy until they are in the minority.

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