It's a modest-enough utopia, and comfortable equality has had its usual pro-Republican consequences: Republicans hold six of the eight seats on Prince William County's Board of Supervisors and all three of the federal Congressional seats that include parts of the county.
The positions taken by Trump and the Republicans have consequences beyond science itself.
They are poor, but involvement with a rich kid ("cedar is the smell of swim team parties at [Ray's house] … cedar is the smell of Republicans") brings consequences that involve Ruth coming to terms with new and old wounds.
Because in the 32nd District, heavily black and Hispanic, there are few Republicans and even fewer Republican candidates of consequence.
They worry, too, that "out-of-control" courts are making policy that should be left to legislatures and voters.Mr Bush knows that social conservatives will abandon the Republicans, with devastating consequences for the party, if he does not toe their line on the subject.
But Johnson, the senior senator from Wisconsin, downplayed its impact and expressed confidence about any potential consequences Republicans may face.
"I am going to fight this bill," Mr. Graham said of the Republican legislation, "because the consequences to everyday Americans would be devastating".
Republican lawmakers, confronting the consequences of the spending cuts, would have to come to the conclusion that delaying both defense and nondefense spending cuts would be best for today's economy.
As President Obama continues his cross-country barnstorming to save Democratic candidates, he is warning of dire consequences from Republican rule for college students, clean energy projects, Head Start beneficiaries, AIDS patients and others.
To deduce the consequences among Republican activists, let's imagine a counter-factual from 1972: pit Nixon against Humphrey or Muskie or Jackson, a candidate imposed on the liberal Democratic base much as conservative Republicans feel Romney is being imposed on them.
Now, partisans on both sides of the marriage debate are eagerly awaiting the results of the Saland and McDonald races, which many view as tests of the political consequences for Republican officeholders who support allowing gay men and lesbians to wed.
