New York is the classic hegemon state

In what state was Obamacare actually an improvement? New York
What state is the symbiotic finance center for DC? New York
What state cannot manage without bribery? New York

All of US history we have this constant reverberation of things that go in New York, mostly because of the scale of trade it has with Europe. When something goes wrong in New York, our financiers there want DC to fix it, and the fix promulgates across the plains. California does this, they exported their own version of education onto DC, and we got NCLB. New York gave us deadweight light rail.

The Thirty Little Hoovers have their puny little Senators holed up in their Puny Little Senate Office trying to save their Puny Little Hold on the fiat. Meanwhile there are four hungry hegemon wolves at the gate. What a plot!