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http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Florida_Congressional_District_Boundaries,_Amendment_6_(2010)

This has nothing to do with the GOP or Allen West in particular - the legislature’s authority was stripped. The legislature challenged this in court and lost. This amendment was a powerplay by the ACLU and the Democrats and it worked to cause the coastal GOP candidates to be wiped out.

From the link above:

As of August 2011 the Florida redistricting process remained ongoing. According to reports, the two constitutional amendments approved by voters in 2010 may tweak that process and impact Republicans in the coastal communities.

If the amendments succeed in limiting gerrymandering in Florida, many Democrats believe the change would weaken the state’s entrenched GOP majority. Republicans argue that their success is based on ideology not partisan districts.[24]

The impact of the amendments on Republicans could be sharply felt in the state’s coastal communities. Several of these districts stretch along the coast, uniting coastal communities but dividing counties and municipalities. Since the amendments require that county and city lines are respected where possible, these districts may have to be re-drawn. However, local Republicans argue that these communities share common interests, interests that should be respected in redistricting. The legislators most likely to be affected include: US Rep. Allen West (R-22), State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-91), and State Reps. George Moraitis (R-91), Bill Hager (R-87), Pat Rooney (R-83), William Snyder (R-82), and Jeff Clemens (R-89).[25]

This article posted is quite selective on its facts - the top target of the Democrats in getting this amendment passed was Allen West...after it was passed they already knew West would be in serious trouble. Maybe some are happy to try to get rid of West - certainly possible...however, with that amendment being the law of the land, he was going to be in a bad situation regardless.