[rhinohunter]

There are 12 Democrats, but Sen. Ken Armbrister of Victoria said Friday he would vote to allow the bill to come up for a vote. Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, said he is still "a soft no on the issue."

So that means the only people standing in our way are RINOs Wentworth and Ratliffe. Methinks Mr. Bush should show up at their front doors in full flight gear and administer an attitude adjustment.

[Theodore R.]

Bill Ratliff, the former Republican acting lieutenant governor, supported the Democrat redistricting plan for the state legislature in 2001. Three Republicans on the Legislative Redistricting Board (which has no jurisdiction over the congressional seats but over the state legislative seat) overruled Ratliff and former Democrat Speaker Pete Laney and put in the Republican plan that brought the GOP some 88 state House seats to the Democrats' 62 in the 2002 elections.