Texas Democrats run for the border!

[Jaguar]

*Nelson laugh* Ha ha! You have to pay democrats who don't work!

[CerberusIV]

Why isn't this done by an independent commission that recommends the district boundaries and the politicians have to go along with it? That is what happens in the UK.

Or is that too simple for Texas?

[Spiffor]

Cerberus :
Don't tell me this commission isn't manipulated ! That would be the opposite of everything politics stands for

[Andrew1999]

The redistricting really is a terrible idea. If they get away with it, new districts will be drawn every two years in every state (well, except Alaska and Wyoming.) There won't be time to do anything else, and we'll need a dozen new federal courts just to handle the appeals.

Do the Texas Republicans really want to see every GOP seat in every state with a Dem majority destroyed?

[SlowwHand]

I have an idea.
Mind your own business.

[CerberusIV]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Cerberus :
Don't tell me this commission isn't manipulated ! That would be the opposite of everything politics stands for

Of course it is. The final decision is by the Secretary of State but he can't change too much or the media would have great fun criticising his decision.

The beauty of our system is that the Local Government Commission simply work their way through all our local authorities, changing boundaries as they go. Then they go back to the start and do it all again. BUT they only have enough resources to do a few at a time so it takes them 20 years to get through the list. The system is so ponderous small scale manipulation is possible but wholesale change is not.

[Lefty Scaevola]

Note that the other party was in the minority in the House for over 110 years, being subjected to gerrymandering (more so than the current paln and to an extent unlawfull today) and being rolled over (including BS like like seating losing democrat candidate by unlawfully throwing out military votes for the republican opponent) continuously, without pulling BS like this. The Demos could dish it out for over a century, but could not take it for even 1 year. What bunch of spoiled brats.

[uh Clem]

Speaker Tom Craddick said, "I think it should be noted that Democrats had a majority in the Texas House for 130 years before this year, and Republicans never once resorted to such an irresponsible stunt."

Not counting that time in 1971.



The statute of limitations has run out by now, I'm sure.

[SlowwHand]

, Lefty.

Don't you find it interesting that so many people like to talk so much about the USA in general, and Texas in particular ?

I mean Hell. We could be from Idaho. Or France. Or even Greece!

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by uh Clem
Speaker Tom Craddick said, "I think it should be noted that Democrats had a majority in the Texas House for 130 years before this year, and Republicans never once resorted to such an irresponsible stunt."

Not counting that time in 1971.



The statute of limitations has run out by now, I'm sure.

Looks like another case of "What's good for the goose..."

[Shi Huangdi]

I agree it's not a good move for the Republicans to push through redistricting legislation now, but the fact is fleeing the house to require a 2/3 majority is not an acceptable way of stopping a bill you don't like. This type of thing is against the law for good reason.

[SlowwHand]

They're acting like children, and holding up home owner's insurance and various other decisions.

With ANY luck, the people who voted for them will remember, come next election.

[Dinner]

This Republican state house speaker seems like a real ass. I never thought I'd say this but... nice article uh Clem.

[Sava]

Texas' new motto: "Riggin' the election process... Republican style!"

[Adam Smith]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
Why isn't this done by an independent commission that recommends the district boundaries and the politicians have to go along with it? That is what happens in the UK.

Or is that too simple for Texas?

Iowa and New Jersey have something like this. Other states should adopt their system so we can end this farce. And if anybody thinks the Democrats are pure and holy on this issue, they should take a look at what happened in states such as Maryland, California, and North Carolina.