For decades this issue just never really came up in Democrat circles, but all of a sudden its very important:
As states get ready to redraw their congressional maps for the first time in a decade, two Democrats in Congress are resurrecting proposals they say will inject more transparency into the process and prevent the new boundaries from being drawn in a way that gives a lopsided advantage to one political party.
U.S. Reps. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, and Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, N.C., said the bills they intend to file this week would lead to more evenly balanced districts and ultimately a Congress that better reflects the will of voters.
“We think it’s what the American people deserve and need,” Shuler said Monday…
Uh, yeah – except for one, little thing: for the past 70 years we GOPers have been cut off at the knees by Democrat-led gerrymandering.
The sheer arrogance of this proposal is astounding – but also reflects the deep fear Democrats have for the future. For the most part, Democrats have been able to control the re-districting process since the post-1940 census. Even after the big GOP gains of 1994, Democrats still held the balance of State power for the post-2000 census. It is only now, in 2011, that the GOP has the advantage last held in 1931. And while it may seem a bit unfair, all that can happen in 2011 is a re-adjustment away from too many districts drawn to unfairly advantage the Democrats. It would take many decades for the GOP to gain the sort of advantage Democrats have built up – we won’t be able to undo it right away. But here are the Democrats, trying to deflect the wrecking ball heading their way – they really don’t like a level playing field.
Well, there is a cost for defeat, Democrats – and this is it. And you have no one to blame but yourselves…had you not spend the last 10 years lying about everything and had you not chosen a hidden leftist as your standard bearer in 2008, you would not have been so soundly beaten in 2010 and thus would retain at least some control of the re-districting process. Next time, try being honest and putting forth candidates everyone knows about – you might lose, but not this badly.
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