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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 04:39 AM Original message |
The big hit that flies beneath the radar - Redistricting. |
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pampango
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Wed Nov-03-10 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Indeed. Nonpartisan district boundaries (as exist in several states) are needed throughout the |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yes and no. |
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JCMach1
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly, computer gerrymandering is insidious... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Joe Trippi, Said With Redistricting, The House Is Probably Gone For A Decade |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Take that with a grain of salt. |
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kick-ass-bob
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. North Carolina lost both houses of the state legislature |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yep, and the governor doesn't even have a role to play in redistricting. |
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ProSense
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Isn't that what Tom Delay did? |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No. He re-redistricted in the middle of a cycle. |
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ProSense
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The Dems picked up seats in 2002, 2006 and 2008. n/t |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Nope.. 2002 was before the redistricting in question... |
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pstokely
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Wed Nov-03-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Those 4 seats could just shift Repuke house seats from other places to TX |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Of course... but republicans could easily be drawing the lines there as well. |
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Jennicut
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was looking at the House districts in all of the United States last night and |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's more the irregular shapes that should set you off. |
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Jennicut
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. True, I live in the 5th district but we have a lot less people in it, it is more rural. |
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joe1991
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Wed Nov-03-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. but they still need the votes |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Hardly any real blowouts." |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. Too late to edit - Add "holy #$!%... it isn't twelve legislative bodies..." |
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FBaggins
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Wed Nov-03-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Up to 19 now. The CO House just fell. |
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