We all know Minnesota is a purple state--always blue, but always close--and we certainly appreciate the effort, but seriously, Minnesota...enough. I realize this is the most exciting thing that's happened to you since Prince, but the rest of us are getting pretty tired of the novelty (see: Ventura, Jesse), the disappointing (see: Pawlenty, Tim) and the just plain crazy (see: Bachmann, Michelle). To everyone from the Twin Cities: yes, you live in "blue cities." This is not because you are from Minneapolis and St. Paul; rather, it's because you are from cities, and cities are blue. OMAHA was blue for Christsakes. This is not a "Minnesota thing."  It's an "I live in a city" thing.  I don't know if you've just been lulled into a stupor by the dulcet tones of Garrison Keillor, but let's be honest here: any other state in the union would be ridiculed to no end for the shit you are pulling. I don't think you're that "nice", so I don't mind hurting your fragile Scandinavian feelings. Pull it together. Stop blaming it on "other districts" and "suburbanites".