DavriellelounaBarack Obama praises Texas Democrats as state legislature moves to end special session without passing new electoral maps
Blue states should go ahead with plans to redistrict regardless of what happens. Play for the political landscape you have, not the political landscape you want. The way maps are already gerrymandered nets Republicans 16 seats in the House.
UnderpantsWeevilBlue States simply won’t do this, because they are not part of a coherent national political project.
They’ll bluff and then hope Republicans fold.
JesusCA is moving ahead. It will be on a special election ballot in November.
Newsom “called for” a ballot item to answer whether the state legislature should begin to form a committee to consider redrawing districts by… 202(?) Some legislators think they have enough votes to put the item on the ballot. No official word on what that ballot item to tell the legislature to begin the process will look like, of course. And there’s ample opportunity for Republicans to run a bunch of negative ads, for the courts to interfere, and for the national legislature to intercede.
So they’ve telegraphed a punch two years in advance, while their opposition has tanks camped out in LA for over a month.
fishosThe wise man plants a tree knowing he may never rest under its shade.
The best time for California to redistrict itself was 2006. The second best time is now, not ten years from now.
So since it’s not perfect you won’t support it. You are not a wise man.
There’s nothing to support. They’re not going to do anything
Based on what? Your word. Excuse me if I don’t think your cynical, self-defeating word means anything.
Being a cynic is easy - you don’t have to actually do anything. You can just whine and complain. What happens when some progress is actually made? Oh, you just whine and complain that it’s not the right kind of progress. Too slow, not enough, whatever.
Society is a collective and shitheads like you drag us down.