To: new yorker 77
Republican congressman Michael Burgess of Texas said overturning the map would have little effect because Texas remains a Republican state. My recollection (admittedly not perfect) is that something like 57% of the votes cast for House candidates in 2000 was for Republicans in Texas. With the "illegal" (as claimed by Demonrats) districts, now something like 57% of the Texas House delegation is Republican. Sounds evil to me - not!
To: Ancesthntr
Chris Bell (D) is among the disenfranchised. He lost his seat to a black Democrat. Rather than complain about districts based on race, he blames the opposition party.
He's running for governor now. Let's see him become a 3 time loser (mayor, congress, governor).
5 posted on
03/01/2006 12:03:35 PM PST by
weegee
(Liberals have a god complex. They always want to create and run Eden, err.... Utopia.)
To: Ancesthntr
My recollection (admittedly not perfect) is that something like 57% of the votes cast for House candidates in 2000 was for Republicans in Texas. With the "illegal" (as claimed by Demonrats) districts, now something like 57% of the Texas House delegation is Republican. Sounds evil to me - not! Prior to the redistricting, while Republicans received a majority of votes, they held only 11 seats to Democrats 21. Afterwards, as I recall, the Republicans held 17 to the Dems 15.
6 posted on
03/01/2006 12:05:55 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Ancesthntr
68% of congressmen from Texas (21 out of 32) are Republican.
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