We cats have to say it: We're mighty glad to be living in a blue state.
We mean, really blue. With the 2018 election in the rear-view mirror, our Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, our two US Senators, most of our members of Congress, and the majority of members in the state legislature will all be Democrats.
Sure, we know Albany's reputation for corruption. But we'll take that over disgruntled losers trying to overturn or nullify election results. North Carolina Republicans famously tried to limit the powers of incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper after he beat Pat McCrory in 2016. (They lost in the courts, but the battles rage on.) Now, copycat Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan are trying to do the same thing — and the GOP in Florida, where voters overwhelmingly supported re-enfranchising felons, is attempting to end-run that election result, too.
And maybe you've heard that outgoing Governor Paul LePage in Maine has been refusing for months to follow his constituents' wishes and expand Medicaid? Why do Republicans hate democracy?
We're so happy that in our part of the world, people with Ds after their names are in charge. We cats are tickled pink to be blue, and we PURR.
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