of the red state of oklahoma. a federal district court judge in oklahoma tonight has ruled that that state s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional under federal law. the judge calling it quote an arbitrary irrational exclusion of just one class of oklahoma citizens from a governmental benefit. last month when a similar ruling struck down the marriage ban in utah the collective response nationally was basically, oh my god, utah, utah is the reddest state in the nation. not true as it turns out. utah is a really, really red state. really red. you know, what s redder than utah? oklahoma. and now as of tonight, these are the two most recent states to have their gay marriage bans struck down in the courts. the oklahoma ruling did not allow couples to start getting married in oklahoma like it worked in utah, but the oklahoma ban is struck down now pending
way that is sort of without precedent in modern american history. red states got really, really red. blue states got really, really blue. it goes further than that. it s not just one party rule. one party majority. it s one party mega rule in a lot of states. take a look at california. democrats don t just have a majority in the california state legislature now. they re going to have a supermajority meaning republicans essentially don t have enough minority power to stop anything the democrats want to do. the same story in indiana, but for the republicans. indiana republicans will have a supermajority in the house and in the senate and they hold the governor s mansion. ditto oklahoma. republicans took a supermajority and turned it into a bigger supermajority. this is what happened in 2012. not just the disappearance of divided rule in the states. split rule between two parties. but the rise of supermajority one party rule. that is a position of immense power for whichever party it is t
this year in 2012 overshadowed by the presidential election and the congressional results once again, this year again, something amazing happens in the states. in 2012 this past election, an avalanche of states that are previously been under divided government with democrats controlling one part of the government, republicans controlling the other, those states have now moved to one-party controlling everything. so north carolina, the republicans winning back the governor s mansion means that republicans there will control the house and the senate and the governor s seat. in minnesota, other direction. democrats won back control of the house in minnesota and the senate there, and because they already held the governor s mansion, that ones one party, democratic control throughout that state next year. so it went across the country. in 2012 the parties console deathed power at the state level in a way that is sort of without precedent in modern american history. red states got really red
without precedent in american history. red states got really red, blue states got really blue. it goes further than that. it s not just one party rule. it s one party mega rule in a lot of states. look at california. democrats don t just have a majority in the legislature now. they are going to have a super majority. meaning that republicans essentially don t have enough minority power to stop anything the democrats want to do. the same story in indiana, but for the republicans. indiana republicans will have a super majority in the house and in the senate and they hold the governor s mansion. dit to in oklahoma. they turned it into a bigger super majority. this is what happened in 2012. not just the disappearance of divided rule in the states. but the rise of super majority one party rule. that s a position of immense power for whichever party it is in control. they get to do what they want.
in national elections. that was the legacy of 2010. this year in 2012 overshadowed by the presidential election and the congressional results once again, this year again, something amazing happens in the states. in 2012 this past election, an avalanche of states that are previously been under divided government, those states have now moved to one party controlling everything. so north carolina, the republicans winning back the governor s mansion means that republicans there will control the house and the senate and the governor s seat. in minnesota, other direction. democrats won back control of the house in minnesota and the stat there and because they already held the governor s mansion that means one party, democratic control throughout that state next year. so it went across the country. the parties consolidated powers at the state level that s without precedent in american history. red states got really red, blue states got really blue.