Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

We really, in some kind of dream of our own, to keep the notion going that somehow these States from west to east will continue to move forw...

I am not sure there is a good defense.

This is a country of jurisdictions. Some will come later, all will come, and those who come early will be ahead.

I don't know about California and other places where high-speed rail may be controversial, but I do know where we are furthest along, and al...