The Great American Ironies

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Connecticut 1965: No you can't have birth control
Connecticut 2008: Sure, gay marriage is cool

Vermont's impressive swing from hardcore Republican to hardcore Democratic, and that Patrick Leahy is the only Democrat they've ever elected to the Senate.

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Before 2008 who would've ever predicted that the first black President and first President born in Hawaii would be the same person?

Or first black President and first President to have lived in Asia?

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1970 Connecticut US Senate election:
You have the incumbent pro-war Democrat running as an Independent, Thomas Dodd, endorsed by his son Chris Dodd
You have the anti-war Democrat, who was endorsed by Joe Lieberman
And you have the winner, the Republican Lowell Weicker

2006 Connecticut US Senate election:
You have the incumbent pro-war Democrat running as an Independent, Joe Lieberman
You have the anti-war Democrat, Ned Lamont, endorsed by both Chris Dodd and Lowell Weicker
And you have some Republican no one cares about