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New Exarchs #15 - Execute Plan B!: At last, the much-anticipated (or at least, much-delayed) Sango Saga comes to a close!

ETA: ( Bonus art: Jamais Lokris )

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It has become fashionable in Texas politics to play the secession card, claiming (falsely) that the treaty that brought Texas into the union has an opt-out clause that would let them withdraw at any time. redneckgaijin has commented on how stupid a move that would be (and will likely need to correct me on the next bit in a few places), even if it wasn't the sort of thing that leads to a shooting war.

But, from what I've heard, the treaty does give Texas the option of splitting into several smaller states at a later date, should they vote to do so. I'm pretty sure they could work out a way to do this that ensured all the new Senators would be Republicans, plus it would inflate the Texan electoral college representation significantly. Sure, it would be expensive, but it's the sort of (potentially short-sighted) power grab I'm surprised none of these secessionists have proposed. Split into five pieces, and "Greater Texas" has ten Senate seats, at least until the regional stresses break up the voting bloc (i.e. the border states and the non-border states would probably disagree on some things). The House seats would probably not change significantly, they might pick up a seat or two on rounding errors if they finesse things right.

Of course, it wouldn't really look like anything BUT a naked power grab, so it might be hard to sell to the sane segment of the Texan population, which I have been assured is not the Empty Set.

( Book of Note: Avengers the Initiative #27. Icon chosen for irony, as the only new addition to the Diamond Hates Comics Stores list for me is the Domo GN )

   Dave Van Domelen, "For starters, that's a butter knife. You can't stab a guy with a butter knife. It's ridiculous." "Not to mention TREYF." - Logan and Kitty, Wolverine First Class #18

Iron Man's decent, Spider-Man not so much, combined modes are eh. Mildly recommended.