Infrastructure falls under "state government." Obama (or whomever becomes president) should not have any direct influence in state government.

Read the history of our government. Our country was supposed to be founded upon a SMALL government. Local matters are reserved for local lawmakers. State for state, and only major and international affairs were reserved for the federal government.

Just look at Venezuela, and what Hugo Chavez is doing. This is the exact road this country is going down, and the stupid people of this country are too busy watching American Idol, to see it coming.

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Blue states hand out more money for manyh reasons. One reason that your skewed stat fails to account for is that most people want to retire in red states (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Nevada) and escape drab and expensive blue states. That means Social Security and Medicare recipients are in red states. Infrastructure should be addressed...and the individual states should address it.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

I agree with New Orleans, partly because i live 10 minutes away from there. but seriously who gives a (*)(*)(*)(*) about idaho? is there anything really that valuable there? go on and flame me if you want i'm just an immature kid posting his 2 cents after all.