That was true when they passed similar provisions in places like North Carolina and Mississippi, and it's true even as it's being considered in a place like Tennessee.
Inevitably, some of the argument, as it were, is taking place in verse.
"Karachi, as it is, is a very difficult place to govern," said Mr. Haider, the deputy inspector general.
And New York, expensive as it is, is the only viable place he can see himself running the project.
Both he and Jon Stewart are at their best when they've got things like that down — because, really, the world as it is is a pretty funny place.
America, such as it is, is more than a simple place or a state of mind.
The inn is clean and comfortable, with furniture that looks as if it's been in place since the opening.
As it ominously concludes: Huge pressure is being place on an emergency food system that was never designed to take it.
It succeeds least well when the work feels as if it is being transported from place to place for no particular reason other than that it may be "international" in its appeal.
"It's been my place as long as I can remember," she said wistfully.
"Traditionally, it's been thought of as a place that Democrats are not welcome," said Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, one of Mr. Obama's earliest supporters.
