Blue states getting bluer???

It would appear that the Blue States just keep on getting bluer as folks vote with their feet! All those over managed, Democrat run Blue states just keep running their citizens off, and can't figure out why. From Michael Barone's column this week:

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"The state with the fastest population growth in 2008-09 was demographically tiny Wyoming, the nation's largest coal producer, which has had a higher rate of domestic in-migration than any other state. Just behind at No. 2 was Utah. With the nation's largest birth rates and largest families, Utah demographically resembles the America of the 1950s.

No. 3 in percentage population growth in 2008-09 was giant Texas, the nation's second most populous state. Its population grew by almost half a million and accounted for 18 percent of the nation's total population growth. Texas had above-average immigrant growth, but domestic in-migration was nearly twice as high.

There may be lessons for public policy here. Texas over the decades has had low taxes (and no state income tax), low public spending and regulations that encourage job growth. It didn't have much of a housing bubble or a housing price bust.

Under Govs. George W. Bush and Rick Perry, it has placed tight limits on tort lawsuits, and has seen an influx of both corporate headquarters and medical doctors.

Bush's late job ratings may have been low, and Perry may be a wine that doesn't travel. But their approach to governing may not be lost even in Washington.

Polidata Inc. projects from the 2009 estimates that the reapportionment following the 2010 Census will produce four new House seats for Texas, one for Florida, Arizona, Utah and Nevada, and none for California for the first time since 1850. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois are projected to lose one each, and Ohio two. Americans have been moving, even in recession, away from Democratic strongholds and toward Republican turf."

Y'know a guy could look at those numbers and say to hisself, 'How come them Pilgrims don't change the way things are run in their home states, instead of running off looking for a better life?" But then he'd see the answer is the number of folks who live on the gob'mint teats in those states and will continue to vote the party line..

The bad news is, when they immigrate to the Red states, they bring their Blue state demands and expectations with them and dilute the conservative ways of the Red States --- pretty soon there ain't going to be any Red States to move to. Here in Texas, the metro areas of DFW, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio have already turned Democrat Blue -- can the State be far behind?

For the rest of Michael Barone's column go to TownHall.com at:

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelBarone/2009/12/28/texas_shows_its_swagger_in_new_population_estimates