Bill O'Reilly here and I'm warming up.

Standby for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition.

But first.

On this Monday, I lived in Florida for a couple of years.

Way back in the 1970s, I was teaching high school history in a place called Opalaka where

you don't want to go.

It's a very, very tough neighborhood.

Now back then, Florida was tranquil.

It had only one professional sports team, the Doffens, and it was pretty much a retirement

village, a giant one.

But now, things have changed.

Florida has emerged as the capital of American tradition, the land of opportunity for this

self-reliant.

The most powerful red state, Texas is right behind, but it isn't generating the numbers

that Florida is.

So what happened?

Well, millions of Americans from places like New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, other states

that tax you up to your eyebrows said, we can't afford this.

We're going to Florida.

And they brought with them a conservative ideology that took some time to be rooted.

But now, people are going to Florida in droves, pardon a cliche, because the liberal states

are out of control.

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