NYT's Tierney is Lightweight

Tierney sez:

But middle-class Americans don't simply cast ballots for Republicans. They also vote with their feet, which is why blue states and old Democratic cities are losing population to red states and Republican exurbs. People are moving there precisely because of economic reasons - more jobs, affordable houses, and the lower taxes offered by Republican politicians.

NY has a Republican Governor and NYC a Republican Mayor. Why then Is NY's fraction of the US population shrinking?
And California, liberal California is gaining.

Tierney is lightweight.  His columns are simple rehashes of partisan fluff tied to a current event. Like Laura Bush's off color jokes.

Mrs. Bush's performance, and her husband's reaction, wasn't a shock to the reporters who cover the White House. For years they have tried to convince their friends outside Washington that Mr. Bush is actually not a close-minded dolt, and Mrs. Bush is no Stepford Wife or Church Lady. Yes, they're Texans who go to church and preach family values, but they're not yahoos or religious zealots.

We all know the White House Press Corps has been trying to tell us Bush isn't a closed-minded dolt. We see the sparse comical press conferences and we know he acts like a dolt but the Press Corps want to pretend otherwise.