As for TPL to states, the sick truth is, there are real grassroots forces out there who have real concerns about the terrible way that the federal estate is being mis-managed.
I can't disagree with the fact that there are people with legitimate concerns. If there is truly a tidal wave of grassroots support for divestiture, it'll happen. But as I said earlier, you have to go back to the Reagan administration to find one as motivated to upset the federal apple cart and cut the size of federal government as this one. And they don't seem to have the divestiture of public lands on the radar. In fact, the key people in the administration are against it.
And to get a sampling of public opinion, just read the posts here, like drover's above. This place is not what you would call a left-wing bastion but there seems to be little support here. The consensus pick seems to be the devil you know.
