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California Dreamin'

...All told, there were 16 states that got back less than they put into the federal Treasury in 2002. Of those states, Gore won 12; Bush 4. There were 33 states that got back more than they put in. Gore won 7; Bush 27. One state -- Florida - broke even, which is both politically and ironically appropriate.

Essentially, as Paul Krugman has pointed out before, there are large swatches of red-state America that are effectively on the dole....