Interesting way to handle redistricting

[jtowne-swim]

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/st...544108f03.html

Wait until one member of the body is out of town and ram it through.

[Mike Evans]

This is why I hate Republicans.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...n_2528519.html

“I was outraged and I was saddened yesterday afternoon to learn that the Senate Republicans had used my absence to force through radical changes to all 40 Senate districts,” Marsh, a 79-year-old civil rights veteran, said in a statement Tuesday. “I wanted to attend the historic second inauguration of President Obama in person. For Senate Republicans to use my absence to push through a partisan redistricting plan that hurts voters across the state is shameful.”Republicans, like the redistricting bill's sponsor, Sen. John Watkins, say the new plan's purpose is to add an additional majority-black Senate district. Democrats counter the changes would pack African Americans into certain districts so that the surrounding districts would become more Republican.

[Calamari]

Prepare for a flood of "nuh-uh, you are!" responses and a scolding about you being bad for noticing that Republicans are behaving poorly.

[Baltimatt]

Mike--

Why do you hate Calamari?

[ivanbalt]

Prepare for a flood of "nuh-uh, you are!" responses and a scolding about you being bad for noticing that Republicans are behaving poorly.

The Republicans are pretty sleazy on this one. Happy?

[demopublican]

This is why I hate Republicans.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...n_2528519.html

“I was outraged and I was saddened yesterday afternoon to learn that the Senate Republicans had used my absence to force through radical changes to all 40 Senate districts,” Marsh, a 79-year-old civil rights veteran, said in a statement Tuesday. “I wanted to attend the historic second inauguration of President Obama in person. For Senate Republicans to use my absence to push through a partisan redistricting plan that hurts voters across the state is shameful.”Republicans, like the redistricting bill's sponsor, Sen. John Watkins, say the new plan's purpose is to add an additional majority-black Senate district. Democrats counter the changes would pack African Americans into certain districts so that the surrounding districts would become more Republican.

I don't believe that. You hate them because they oppose your political agenda and most particularly your political hero.

But I believe that this was a disgusting move and should be struck down.

[jtowne-swim]

I don't believe that. You hate them because they oppose your political agenda and most particularly your political hero.

But I believe that this was a disgusting move and should be struck down.

McDonnell was even kept in the dark and has indicated his potential veto of the plan.

[Terry K]

This is why I hate Republicans.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobile...n_2528519.html

Gee, do you want to know why I hate Democrats?

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2...t-8th-district

“I was outraged and I was saddened yesterday afternoon to learn that the Senate Republicans had used my absence to force through radical changes to all 40 Senate districts,” Marsh, a 79-year-old civil rights veteran, said in a statement Tuesday. “I wanted to attend the historic second inauguration of President Obama in person. For Senate Republicans to use my absence to push through a partisan redistricting plan that hurts voters across the state is shameful.”Republicans, like the redistricting bill's sponsor, Sen. John Watkins, say the new plan's purpose is to add an additional majority-black Senate district. Democrats counter the changes would pack African Americans into certain districts so that the surrounding districts would become more Republican.

"MARYLAND’S NEW congressional district map won’t shift the U.S. House of Representatives to Democratic control. At most, it could add a seventh Democrat to the six who dominate the state’s eight-member House delegation. Nonetheless, it may make Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley a candidate for what might be called the Tom DeLay Honorary Gerrymandering Medal, named for the former House majority leader whose brazen manipulation of the electoral map in Texas made roadkill of incumbents from the rival party.

The map, drafted under Mr. O’Malley’s watchful eye, mocks the idea that voting districts should be compact or easily navigable. The eight districts respect neither jurisdictional boundaries nor communities of interest. To protect incumbents and for partisan advantage, the map has been sliced, diced, shuffled and shattered, making districts resemble studies in cubism.

A fountainhead of reliable Democratic votes, Montgomery County, was carved into three jagged pieces, each used to offset and outweigh Republican territory elsewhere. This may fortify the county’s clout, enabling it to send two residents to Congress rather than one. But the resulting cartological contortions are comic."

[ms maggie]

I don't hate Republicans but find this really shocking.Particularly in light of moves afoot in a number of states where the R legislatures are attempting to change allocation of electoral votes based on Congrseesional districts. Keep inimd these districts have been heavily gerrymandered in these states. In PA where Obama won handily, this would have meant Romney would have gotten 13 votes to Obama's 9.

The lawmakers pushing this should be impeached. This is such a show of contempt for our country it takes your breath away.

[banner1124]

The Gov will never let this get through. With all the heat he's taken politically he simply cannot afford from a political standpoint to be seen supporting this kind of dirty business.

[Jeebus]

I don't hate Republicans but find this really shocking.Particularly in light of moves afoot in a number of states where the R legislatures are attempting to change allocation of electoral votes based on Congrseesional districts. Keep inimd these districts have been heavily gerrymandered in these states. In PA where Obama won handily, this would have meant Romney would have gotten 13 votes to Obama's 9.

The lawmakers pushing this should be impeached. This is such a show of contempt for our country it takes your breath away.

Imagine, a legislative body in the majority changing the way things are done, in efforts to thwart the minority party.

Irony is so lost on the leftinistas.

[jessup270]

I don't hate Republicans but find this really shocking.Particularly in light of moves afoot in a number of states where the R legislatures are attempting to change allocation of electoral votes based on Congrseesional districts. Keep inimd these districts have been heavily gerrymandered in these states. In PA where Obama won handily, this would have meant Romney would have gotten 13 votes to Obama's 9.

The lawmakers pushing this should be impeached. This is such a show of contempt for our country it takes your breath away.

Lets be honest, almost nothing is done honestly in politics, if either party can get away with slanting the field in their favor, they will do it.

[ms maggie]

Lets be honest, almost nothing is done honestly in politics, if either party can get away with slanting the field in their favor, they will do it.

You ok with this? You realize if these changes had been made (and it's other states as well, Ohio, Wisconsin, about half a dozen more) Romney would have won? Sorry, yes I realize lots of politics is south of the smell test, but this goes way beyond the pale.

[ms maggie]

Imagine, a legislative body in the majority changing the way things are done, in efforts to thwart the minority party.

Irony is so lost on the leftinistas.

To thwart the will of the voters. But then wingnuts aren't big on voters' rights. How 'bout those long lines on election day? Which party was in charge in the states where this happened? Golly now there's a coincidence.

[Baltimatt]

ms maggie==

Have you seen the roadkill that passes for Maryland's congressional districts?

[ivanbalt]

ms maggie==

Have you seen the roadkill that passes for Maryland's congressional districts?

It's ok because Maryland is forever a blue state.

[Jeebus]

To thwart the will of the voters.

The "will of the voters" is represented by their Senators in the US Senate.

(Yes, even those dastardly Republicans, who are currently in the minority.)

Yet you (shocker ) see not hypocrisy in the Senate Dems using their bully position to thwart the minority party by changing the rules.

But when the shoe is on the other foot, you whine.

Of course.

[Baltimatt]

Ivan--

And we had a chance to overturn it, but didn't.

[Jeebus]

ms maggie==

Have you seen the roadkill that passes for Maryland's congressional districts?

Those who lick the boots of Glorious Leader never bring their eyes up long enough to notice the visible stench of their own party.

[LarryN]

McDonnell was even kept in the dark and has indicated his potential veto of the plan.

As he should.