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From the AP:

The population continues to shift from Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states to Republican-leaning Sun Belt states, a trend the Census Bureau will detail in its once-a-decade report to the president. Political clout shifts, too, because the nation must reapportion the 435 House districts to make them roughly equal in population, based on the latest census figures…

…The biggest gainer will be Texas, a GOP-dominated state expected to gain up to four new House seats, for a total of 36. The chief losers — New York and Ohio, each projected by nongovernment analysts to lose two seats — were carried by Obama in 2008 and are typical of states in the Northeast and Midwest that are declining in political influence…

And, boys and girls, for the first time since the 1920’s the GOP is broadly in control of re-districting – which means we’ll be able to eliminate Democrat-heavy districts and increase the number of GOP-heavy districts. This massively complicates any Democrat attempt to re-take the House in 2012 – and, indeed, any time before 2022, and then only if Democrats score big at the State legislative level in 2020 (you think that 60 years of Democrat Congressional dominance was really all about Democrats being popular? Not entirely – a lot of raw, political muscle went in to that; now, the tables are turned).

This also makes Obama’s job in 2012 harder – outside of some unforeseen event to completely rehabilitate him with the American people, Obama simply will not win all the States he won in 2008. While nothing is certain, it will be extraordinarily hard for Obama to win again in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana and New Hampshire. Prior to re-districting, that was 70 of Obama’s 365 electoral votes, which reduces is 2008 total to 295. For the Republican, it just becomes a matter, then, of winning Ohio and, say, Nevada, which will have 6 electoral votes in 2012 instead of 5 as in 2008 (and the GOP blew the Democrats out of the water in Ohio in 2010…but, really bad news for Obama, we also crushed the Democrats in Pennsylvania…bottom line, if Obama loses in PA, he can’t be re-elected).

So, lots of good news. Also, a word of warning to Democrats – anti-family, anti-wealth creation and anti-life policies tend to drive down population. You’re counting on a surge of hispanics to rescue you from demographic disaster, but it won’t work; at least a third of hispanics will always be with us. You might want to reconsider your anti-human policies, a bit.

That said, we on the GOP side must be prepared for one heck of a fight in 2012 – as the House is already gone for the Democrats and their chances of holding on to the Senate ranging between “slim” and “none”, the left will battle like mad to hold on to the White House. It may be their last bastion of power and they will pull out all the stops to re-elect Obama (stories of liberal rage against Obama must be discounted – people with that servile a mindset simply won’t rebel against their masters). We have to approach 2012 understanding that we are the underdogs – if we do that, while also going toe to toe with Obama and his Democrats, then we can win…if we slack off and start thinking we’ve got it made, then we’ll lose.

So, to work.