american values. it s not a vote to start a new state. it is just the beginning process of asking oregon to let oregon s rural counties go and asking idaho, would you allow us to become part of your state. so earlier, i spoke with juliette muso, a vice dean at the university of south carolina s price school of public policy and an expert on secession, and i asked her whether these efforts have a chance of working, or is it local politicians sending a message to their base? here it is? any of these secession measures has to be approved by legislatures in both states and by the u.s. congress and it s a little bit of a paradox, actually. because if you seek to leave an area where there s a dominant ideology that doesn t suit you, it s unlikely that you re going to be allowed to leave. but i do think that it is, i