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...be hard to nail it better!...especially like the secession suggestion; it's clearly two different countries, if not alternate views of reality...

Nah. The two sides provide balance. And really if there were two countries, geography doesn't matter so much. People would probably gravitate toward the country that lines up with their views the best. But I think the red would end up with the big military and ultimately just invade the blue!

Also, once succession started happening I'd bet Texas would just go it alone. I think we've been just waiting for such an excuse anyway!