Tennessee

as time goes by, seems we are just getting redder & more backward.
However, I suspect quite a few of the Santorum votes came from Dems who used our open voting to "swing" the Repub candidate, i.e. vote for the candidate we think Obama could most easily beat, since Obama did not face any real opposition for the Dem nomination.

That said, even w/o Dems influence, TN Repubs could easily have gone for Santorum---we are after all the "Buckle of the Bible Belt" and he espoused their fanatical agenda more than any of the rest. It is HIS issue & he has chosen to align himself w/that faction. Sadly the Repubs have hi-jacked these people's religion & they don't even realize how they are being manipulated. What better way to win over a group than to hi-jack their belief system. Despicable. Should they one day wake up to this fact, expect serious backlash.

Though I was born here & lived my entire life here, I have seriously considered leaving the state because I see it as being so stagnant & bordering on regressive.