It's official, the populations South Carolina and Georgia will be sent to the moon to colonise it.
And North Carolina will hereby annex the vacated territory, to protect it from infestation by Florida. Besides, we could use the
Lebensraum.
In other news, expect to see half-junked lunar rovers on cinderblocks in front of each lunar habitat.
EDIT:
It's Gameday in the Deep South! Alabama and Mississippi are on the clock, and both states are a virtual 3-way race at this point. Latest polls:
National:
For the first time in quite a while, a national general election poll shows Obama losing. Specifically, the ABC News/Washington Post *and* Rasmussen both have a hypothetical Romney v. Obama matchup showing a Romney win, at +2 and +3 respectively. CBS News/NY Times still has Obama at +3 in the same matchup. Obama still beating all other challengers in every other poll.
AlabamaPPP has the following results:
Romney - 31%
Gingrich - 30%
Santorum - 29%
Paul - 8%
The aggregate of polls over the last couple of days seems to show a miniscule Romney lead overall in Alabama (which, it should be remembered, has a tight cluster of highly educated and well-to-do engineer types in and around Huntsville). Gingrich appears to narrowly have 2nd, with Santorum bringing up 3rd. But the margins are so tight that if someone sneezes wrong in a campaign stop today, it could change the poll positions.
MississippiNot a lot of poll data to go on, but so far it looks like Gingrich, Romney, Santorum in that order. The fact that Santorum has slid to 3rd place in these two Bible Belt states puts a heavy pall on his chances. Gingrich's strategy of targeting the South appears to be working for him, mostly at Santorum's expense. If and when Romney wins the nomination, there are going to be a lot of people looking back at these two races and saying this is where the last real chance to stop him fell through. Be interesting to see if it creates a broader split between the "Tea Party" types and the evangelical social conservative crowd.
LouisianaSantorum - 25%
Romney - 21%
Gingrich - 20%
Paul - 6%
Santorum might be getting a bit of a boost from the higher-than-average Catholic representation in the Bayou State (but then Newt is Catholic as well, even if he keeps that on the down low). Be worth watching to see if Santorum loses this edge in LA if he loses Alabama and Mississippi.