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Federal Court upholds Texas Redistricting
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Posted on 01/06/2004 11:54:13 AM PST by sinkspur
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To: sinkspur
Later Lloyd!
Arrivederci Doggett!
I will finally get a real representative.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:03:33 PM PST
by
DrewsDad
To: Poohbah
Will you settle for a not-available-in-stores collection of Motown's Greatest Hits from K-Tel hearing this case? No. If I can't have the Supremes I want the Platters.
To: need_a_screen_name
You sure Frost is toast??If he runs against Joe Barton, he is.
The heavily Democrat "stop six" area of Fort Worth is now in Eddie Bernice Johnson's district.
The rest of it (Arlington, Mansfield and the Mid-Cities) is dead-cold Republican. And is now represented by Joe Barton.
Martin will have to move before the March primary if he wants to run in another district.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:04:24 PM PST
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
To: deport
Court OKs Texas redistricting 01:56 PM CST on Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Associated Press
AUSTIN A three-judge federal panel on Tuesday approved a Republican-backed redistricting map designed to bolster the GOP's strength in Texas' congressional delegation.
The decision, which comes after a December trial, was a blow to Democrats who have worked for the better part of the year to block the GOP's efforts.
The map could put as many as seven additional Republicans in Texas' congressional delegation, in which Democrats currently hold a 17-15 advantage.
Republicans, who hold every statewide office in Texas and control the state House and Senate, have a majority in Congress.
http://www.txcn.com/texassouthwest/stories/010604dntswredistricting.116f36e5e.html
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:05:44 PM PST
by
deport
(..... DONATE TO FREEREPUBLIC......)
To: MeeknMing; deport
Ha, good news spreads fast. We were all hollerin' for each other at the same time.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:06:07 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Using robots to explore space is like using web cams to take a vacation)
To: sinkspur; Gracey
GREAT!!!!
I was just at a Republican club meeting (here in Austin) where Greg Abbott was speaking and the news hadnt come in yet. It was a bit worrying that the court was taking so long, he expected it by new years... I guess it took a while to write the opinions.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:06:21 PM PST
by
WOSG
(The only thing that will defeat us is defeatism itself)
To: deport; lonestar; Billie; TexasCowboy; MeeknMing; All
Don't Mess With Texas Republicans!Take THAT Martin Frost!
YA HOO!
27
posted on
01/06/2004 12:07:02 PM PST
by
MEG33
(We Got Him!)
To: Tall_Texan
I think the pubbies have just LAZO los estupidos ratones!! OOOOOOOOOO YEAH!
To: sinkspur
YES!!!
29
posted on
01/06/2004 12:08:00 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(The Democratic Party: Without an electoral mandate for almost 28 years.)
To: deport
Now watch the scrambling to refile for the new district lines..... All the old filing was for the old districts.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:09:23 PM PST
by
deport
(..... DONATE TO FREEREPUBLIC......)
To: Petronski
Please Ping me to whatever you find.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:09:42 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(The Democratic Party: Without an electoral mandate for almost 28 years.)
To: DrewsDad
It will be cool to see the new map elect some more conservatives ...
You do know that Lloyd is carpetbagging over to 25 CD and running aganst some south Texas hispanic to hold on to a seat? You'll have to pry him out of Congress with a crowbar.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:09:47 PM PST
by
WOSG
(The only thing that will defeat us is defeatism itself)
To: sinkspur; need_a_screen_name
You sure Frost is toast??
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:10:16 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: msdrby; Wneighbor; My back yard
ping
To: WOSG
You sure we couldn't just duct-tape him to that Civil War memorial statue on the Capitol lawn? I'm thinking that if he doesn't leave quitely, we could at least use him as a paintball target.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:10:55 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: sinkspur; Dog Gone; deport; hocndoc; Flyer; Eaker; WOSG; lowbridge; Concerned; jmaroneps37
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:11:30 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(Howie Dean in the South !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/IowaRatsLastMealNewDeal.JPG)
To: sinkspur
Most excellent news!
In your face, Leftist loser road-trippers!
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:12:03 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(Americans are a spiritual people. We're happy to help members of al Qaeda meet God.)
To: need_a_screen_name
You sure Frost is toast??
Certainly his district is. His district has been divided among several new ones, taking away any reasonable likliehood he'd win any one of them. He can shop around for another district, but it will be a challenge.
What the media won't report is that the Republican districting plan is likely to increase minority representation (assuming one buys into the assumption that minority representation can only come from someone of that minority - I do not), especially Hispanic. Before, Martin Frost's gerrymandering (and he was the principal architect in 1990) put a lot of Hispanics and African-Americans together to make guaranteed Democrat districts, but with the only viable compromise candidates being 'white' Democrats. And of course, Frost packed Republicans as densely as possible into as few districts as possible. Now, the districts are drawn so that (mostly) Anglo Republicans will replace some Anglo Democrats, and Hispanics Democrats will likely replace other Anglo Democrats.
The key is, Anglo Dem Frost is very likely to be looking for a job.
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:12:27 PM PST
by
Gorjus
To: Flyer
It aint over. Now comes the job that is most important in the new districts:
Elect More Conservative Republicans to Congress
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:12:31 PM PST
by
WOSG
(The only thing that will defeat us is defeatism itself)
To: WOSG
It aint over. Now comes the job that is most important in the new districts:
Elect More Conservative Republicans to Congress Excellent point. Let's roll!
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posted on
01/06/2004 12:14:16 PM PST
by
Flyer
(Using robots to explore space is like using web cams to take a vacation)
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