Jim Geraghty of National Review has another column today in the Morning Jolt on the subject of Calexit and why a bad idea such as that should be done away with quickly. It all comes down to
where they get their water now and how much they might regret seeing their beloved land turned back into a full blown desert if their suppliers suddenly weren’t feeling so generous.
An angle I didn’t get into in yesterday’s piece about secession chic among liberals and the “Calexit” campaign: The state’s extreme dependence upon water sources from beyond the state lines. About 65 percent of the water for Southern California comes from the Colorado River. Los Angeles, San Diego, all the agricultural production in that region… if you think there are tensions about water usage now, think about what it will be like when authorities and consumers in Arizona and Nevada control the water flow to a different country, a group of ex-Americans who chose to secede.
In an irate liberal response to the liberal suggestions of secession, Hamilton Nolan writes, “Donald Trump was just elected president. It is no longer safe to assume that wild, half-joking political ideas will not be realized.”
But even if all of these dire warnings are justified, I think Jim is being a bit hasty in advising against it. I’m sure California would be just fine as a new nation. And
just think how it would change the electoral landscape in the remaining 49 states. There likely wouldn’t be much discussion of questions regarding the popular vote versus the electoral vote in presidential elections after California was gone. For that matter, there probably wouldn’t even be much need for the Democratic Party anymore. The sad reality of all this is that
the Democrats will never allow it to happen, no matter how badly the residents of California might like to try.
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/15/lets-not-write-off-this-calexit-idea-so-quickly-guys/
