Wednesday, April 18, 2017, The Political Page, T+88 -- April 18, 2017

Clearly, the definition of insanity. These states have been re-electing the same folks since WWII.
On Tuesday, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the 10th edition of its Rich States, Poor States study, and it shows that red states have better economies than blue states in 2017.

The study, co-authored by economist Dr. Arthur Laffer, Heritage Foundation fellow Stephen Moore, and ALEC vice president Jonathan Williams, shows “a pro-growth trend across the nation for 2017.”

Some of the worst-performing states, though, are run by Democrats.

Democrats control either the legislature, the governor’s office, or both in each of the bottom ten states in ALEC’s study.

Those states are, from #41 to #50:

• #41: Oregon (Dems control the legislature and governor’s office) 
• #42: Maine (Dems split control of the legislature with Republicans) 
• #43: Hawaii (Dems control the legislature and governor’s office) 
• #44: Illinois (Dems control the legislature) 
• #45: Minnesota (Dems control the governor’s office) 
• #46: Connecticut (Dems control the legislature and governor’s office) 
• #47: California (Dems control the legislature and governor’s office) 
• #48: New Jersey (Dems control the legislature) 
• #49: Vermont (Dems control the legislature) 
• #50: New York (Dems control the legislature and governor’s office) 

Also of note: all ten states went for Hillary Clinton in 2016 (with the exception of Maine’s second congressional district).

Regardless of who runs what, it is just amazing that

a) it seems to be no surprise which states make the list; and,
b) it seems to be no surprise which states make the list.

The pdf is at this link. A screenshot of the 50 states and their ranking:

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Global Warming?

Winter Ski Resorts Cheering

I've pretty much quit blocking on global warming (discussed earlier) but every so ofent a reader sends me an article that just ha to be posted for the archives. This is one of them. From Bloomberg, "Tahoe go so much snow this winter, they will be skiing all summer. An historic winter set up an unprecedented summer at Squaw Valley. Snowfall surpassed 700 inches this past week.  how much is 700 inches? Two hundred fifty (250) inches above average. The record snowfall is being blamed on climate change.