I'm starting to think that Hugh may be right, and that the regions will simply have to go out the window.
In the short term, sadly, they may have to 
The Mideast has been paralysed for the past few months.^^^
Very true. We've reached the point where there isn't really anyone who wants to run for any regional office.
At least as far as the Mideast goes, the Regional experiment has clearly failed (it's not as though past Governers haven't been worried about it or tried to stop it either; the past few all have). And we were always ahead of the proverbial curve...
