You know political differences are coming to a head when state and local leaders takes step – albeit unrealistic – to break away from misbehaving neighbors. Earlier this year liberal Pima County made noise about seceding from Arizona. A county official in conservative Inland California called for meetings to legally distance themselves from spendthrift Sacramento and the loony Left Coast. Now, two Republican state lawmakers in Illinois have introduced a bill to divide Illinois into two states: liberal Cook County (home of Chicago), and the other 101 municipalities. Claiming that “Chicago-style politics” are dominating all other concerns in the state, the GOP legislators want to part ways and limit the influence of Second City Mayor Rahm Emanuel to a smaller geographic area.
Will any of these ideas work? Almost certainly not. But the popularity of political separation just underscores how divided America is becoming. That we’re still together is something to be thankful for, if not an occasion for perpetual rejoicing.
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