University of Virginia, the "Harvard of the South, the school which kicked Teddy Kennedy out for cheating, so he had to go to Harvard as a second choice, not in the top ten? Come on Jack, you've been North way too long. And since the conservative movement has had it's greatest growth in the universities, my point still stands. Just 'cause the university is located in a blue state doesn't mean the students are, or will not be returning to a red state, which is where the jobs and the future lies...

And Jack, the criteria had far more to do with difficulty in admissions (high test scores, and recommendations, and the prize winning professors etc.) than any PR.