[AuH2ORepublican]

"Problem is, we hold a majority of the MI House seats. This may very well cost us a seat, not the rodents."

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If the GOP still controls the state legislature after 2010, and if we also control the governorship, we may not lose any GOP seats even if MI loses a seat. The 4 Democrat seats in the Detroit area could be turned into 3 Democrat seats (by placing Monroe County and parts of southern Wayne County in the 7th CD, the Grosse Pointes and SE Macomb in the 10th CD and GOP parts of Dearborn, etc. in the 9th CD), and Stupak's Upper Peninsula CD will become even more Republican as it goes further south, so we could have a 10-4 GOP delegation (as opposed to the current 9-6).

[HostileTerritory]

I think there are state laws about respecting county lines which explain why the Grosse Pointes aren't already in the 10th district and also why Sander Levin's district has never dipped south of 8 Mile Road. I'd have to look it up to be certain but I think that constrains aggressive mapping.

Believe me, the state legislature had no desire to put the Grosse Pointes in a Detroit district.

[Teacher317]

Good proposal, since it's likely that the exodus from Detroit is a large part of the population drain.