Maybe Prop. 77 will switches sides. It's not what I want to see, but it's an improvement. Re-districting is basically rigging it so that you can win, IMHO. Although in California, you have lots of Republicans, but the State government is dominated by Democrats. I really think a computer program or some other non-human way of re-districting is best. As we all know, incumbents rarely lose, even if they are total idiots. Tom Daschle was a rare and welcome exception, though...
Don't forget Gary Condidit.
It makes absolutely no sense that the politicians draw the lines. Judges are not much better. I think they should have 3rd graders redistrict....couldn't be much worse.