https://www.fairdistricts.com/news/news_sb-12-26-04.asp
Doolittle, a close political ally of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay - who orchestrated a redistricting plan in Texas that added three Republican seats in Congress - said he is "vehemently opposed" to a similar move in California.
In Texas, he said, the situation was quite different. A majority of voters statewide were Republican and a majority of Republicans held statewide office, but Democrats held an advantage in the congressional delegation because of the way the congressional boundaries were drawn, he said.
In California, Democrats are the majority party, and the politics of the Legislature, the congressional delegation and all the state offices except governor reflect that.
"It is a huge waste of time and effort," Doolittle said. "It's a quixotic quest, or a quest with malice aforethought on the part of some who basically bring a more liberal philosophy to bear in the Republican Party, which is something I am not interested in promoting."
Doolittle and his staff, more often than not, find the true vein, or undercurrent of what's going on behind the scenes on each issue. We've grown to trust their genuine "conservative" judgement a great deal, though not totally in every instance.
Thank you for your efforts!!!
In California, Democrats are the majority party, and the politics of the Legislature, the congressional delegation and all the state offices except governor reflect that.
That's a self-serving argument that doesn't wash. If something is the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do - regardless of who happens to be in power at the moment.