[Czar]

The mechanical details are, of course, very important. My concern is simply that I am inherently suspicious of blue ribbon panels filled with appointed individuals, unaccountable to the voters, who are always politically well connected. As pogo pointed out, the alternative may well be worse. Perehaps so.

I trust McClintock and would be inclined to go along with his endorsement. I do not trust Arnold who has by now established himself as a promise-much/do-nothing RINO. What a disappointment he has turned out to be.

[irishlass007]

In 1980, the democrats drew the state legislative and congressional gerrymander. Even though we were a reliable Republican state then, we had Willie Brown as Assembly Speaker, we had a majority Dem legisture and a majority Dem congressional delegation. Because of the gerrymander.

In 1991, Wilson vetoed the dem gerrymander and a panel of judges drew the district lines. Our congressional delegation was almost even (23 dems, 22 reps I think) and the dems held the legislature by a slim margin (41-39 or 42-38) The judges did pretty well for us.

There will always be a republican foothill district - gerrymandering can't turn the reliable Placer County GOP into leftists. Doolittle should quit worrying.