Schwarznegger has been a lot better as governor than I thought he would be. Heads and shoulders above. He's been talking about the necessity of changing how districts are drawn in order to bring democracy back to state legislatures. Here's one way to think about it. Compare re-election rates in the former USSR and in the USA? Do you see any MEASURABLE differences?
He faces an uphill battle. No one wants to have to actually FIGHT for their office. I'm not quite sure what effect if any this would have on black candidates. If Maxine Water had to run on the south side of Inglewood (excuse my west side ignorance), rather than on the north side, it isn't clear to me that the results would be any different.
Thanks to Prometheus 6 for the original story.
I would never claim to understand the redistricting strategy in either it's big picture or granular expressions, but I sense that it is the most important and sweeping hostile act being perpetrated by the GOP at this juncture..., seen on that same thread at P6...,
"Arnold already assisted the ouster of the Attorney General. He has the authority now to appoint a new Enron lobby advisor,donor, graft recipient such as himself to that position. He can then cover the diebold money trail when the next vote scandal happens.
Feinstein already sensed as much and carried their water in some key points.
Once they have the Cali machines fixed it become 'exxentially' a one-state race every POTUS election with FLA and Texas already in the hat."
Posted by: cnulan at February 9, 2005 10:56 AM
LKS your descripitive of South LA ,would not show any different outcome,but say they mix Huntington Beach to the south or Malibu to the North with say half of Inglewood I think the outcome would change.
Posted by: tootsie at February 8, 2005 01:15 PMtootsie