While it is technically true that Doggett and Green survived, they did so by stealing districts designed to elect Hispanic rats. So, these were no net loss to the GOP since those seats had been allocated to the rats anyway. And actually this is better because we can target them again in 2012. If the districts were held by Hispanics, as they were intended, they would be sacrosanct under the Voting Rights Act and we would not be able to touch them.
Anyway, I contend that when we say that that pro-infanticide POS Chet Edwards was the sole survivor of the 2003 redistricting saga, we are essentially making a true statement. We intended to convert 10 white rat seats into 7 GOP and 3 rat minority (2 hispanic, 1 black) districts. We fell only 1 short of this goal.
That's a good point that I hadn't thought of. Thanks.
Technicalities aside tho', Doggett's still in Congress, and I really wanted him gone...