Really  

You are going to make a comparison of completely disfunctional Goverments to article that has a low rating of believability, and think we would be embarrassed!

If you look at a map of red and blue states, you will see that the climate in blue states is colder with harsher winters than red states. That's why the exodus from blue states; that and the fact that the industrialized Northeast is a failed industrial model....

In Florida, they were once called 'snowbirds'. That term is largely obsolete as the Baby Boom retires to the 'red' (warm) Southern tier.