Too bad gerrymandering/packing doesn’t help the Senate races.
Let's just repeal the 17th amendment and give the power back to the state legislatures we just elected.
“Too bad gerrymandering/packing doesn’t help the Senate races.”
State elected folks are key for get out the vote and the ground game.
2011 State legislature election:
Dems hold both chambers in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey
Dems control state senate in Virginia
Dem U.S. Senators up for reelection in N.J. and Va. in 2012, and Obama won both those states in 2008
Start prepping for 2012...target N.J. and Va. in 2011!!
We actually didn't do to bad on the Senate races, if the information was correct that I saw on FR we actually won more seats statistically in the senate then we did in the house.
Yes, but the Dim-Dems spent most of their efforts firewall protecting Reid, Bennet and attacking O'Donnell to save a few Dim Senate seats, that their soft underbellies were left under protected.
so many small marxist/secular socialist NE states, Senate is more difficult. Also, Senate campaigns tend to be less grassroots and more elitist.
“Too bad gerrymandering/packing doesn’t help the Senate races.”
It actually helps our chances for Senate in another way. More GOP state legislatures means more successful GOP governors (since they’ll need votes to pass their agendas) who could then run for Senate on their record.
The fact that they have 23 to defend next time does.
Gerrymandering is a bunch of crap regardless of who is doing it. I dont want repubs solidifying there support by redistricting, I want them solidifying there support by doing what the hell we voted them in for in the first place. Gerrymandering should be outlawed.
Not gerrymandering, but the State Legislatures and Governors can be very important in efforts to clean up voter registration databases and the entire electoral processes.