Obama was the greatest gift the Republicans could have hoped for - Since you are so "in tune" with statistics, have you analyzed how many Dem seats have turned to Republican during his tenure ? About 1/2 of the country supports the Republican party, so lets dispense with the intellectual rhetorical nonsense, it is getting old. I lived in CA for 20 years (born here), aren't they regularly wanting to secede from the US ? I say let them do it, after we, of course, take the San Joaquin Valley and all the water resources under imminent domain.