[jdontom]

Also Arnold talking yesterday about REDISTRICTING Kalifornia........

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? I thought they just did .. my district was .. and because of that I ended up with one of the best reps - Duncan Hunter (R). I used to have that dippy woman - Susan Davis (D). I couldn't stand her .. she tried to pass herself off as really intelligent .. and she was a social worker from Massachusetts.

[SAJ]

What nonsense. Redistricting is always, and in every state, conducted by the state Legislature...until, of course, a court somewhere says they've cheated, which any given Legislature almost invariably does. The Governor of a state can ear-bang with the Leggies to try to influence them (rotsa ruck -- even the dictatorial ''Kingfish'' Long in Louisiana was unable to influence redistricting in the upriver parishes), but has absotively posilutely ZERO active role in redistricting, short of threatening assorted Leggies (probably unlawful, but that consideration has NEVER stopped a Gov from trying).