[fieldmarshaldj]

Thanks for that. The question is what the lines for the '04 elections (assuming AG Salazar isn't able to halt their implementation) are. Is it more or less GOP ? Reagan won 63% in '84 and Bush, Sr. won 52% in '88 and it still managed to elect Campbell in '86 (who beat a Republican freshman elected in '84), so it's not entirely out of the question a 'Rat could win it. It's definitely going to set off a scramble. I wonder what McInnis's real reason for retiring was ?

[JNB]

Ben Campbell in 86 ran as a pro gun, pro land rights conservative Democrat, that kind of Democrat really doesnt exist in the West anymore, and far fewer people split their tickets now compared to 18 years ago. The Seat under the old lines in 2000 gave Bush 53% and the 2002 lines gave Bush 54%. The GOP of course can not take this seat for granted, but at the same time, this will be a difficult seat for them to target none the less, especially considering problems the national party has had with fundrasing.