1.   Fleming and Boeckmann last year founded a group to study Valley secession without taking a position for or against such a split.

2.   In normal times, such a split would be a recipe for chaos.

3.   Investors generally like companies that focus their investments, so such a split could make the separate stocks worth more than the shares of the combined company.

4.   Investors typically prefer companies with well-focused operations, so such a split could make the separate stocks worth more than the shares of the combined company.

5.   Such a split was forecast in a CIA assessment last year.

6.   Such a split, however, Ornstein said, would be bad news for the Democrats.

7.   Such a split can only help the opposition.

8.   Such a split has not occurred in this century.

9.   Such a split would surely help Democrats in the upcoming fall elections.

10.   What causes such a split?