'Ideologies are being put to the test as divided, fiercely partisan governments in North Carolina, Iowa and New Jersey stare down budget deadlocks similar to Minnesota's'

from startribune........

"The government shutdown drumbeat gripping Minnesota is reverberating around the nation as a handful of states are locked in a similar political drama.

North Carolina, Iowa and New Jersey all face the same stark choice as Minnesota over the next few weeks: Find a way to bring their divided governments together or shut down operations down until they can, laying off thousands of workers in a still-fragile economy.

The 2010 elections launched a wave of fiercely partisan players into state offices, many of them unwilling to compromise deeply held beliefs on how to deal with budget deficits, taxes and government reforms"....................LINK