Yep, and the RATS were gloating that Arizona would be “in play” for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, due to the “surging Hispanic voter rolls” and Sheriff Joe backlash.
When Roskam won narrowly in 2006 against Suckworth, they were predicting that his district would have a RAT majority and RAT congressman “within 10 years” due to “changing demographics” in DuPage county.
These predictions are panning out as well as all the catastrophic stuff that will happen due to “climate change”
Of course thanks to their efforts to gerrymander the 8th and other districts, they had to give Roskam a completely safe seat, but his old district withstood 2006 and 2008 so it wouldn’t have fallen since then.
DuPage county voted 10% more Republican than the State in the 2014 Gov race and 8 points in the 2012 POTUS (narrowly going to homefield Obama, Romney would have carried it if he had contested the state).
I almost put in a global warming ref in my last post, demographic shifts ARE a problem (unlike “climate change”), no question, McCain would won in 08 with 88 demos let alone Romney IIRC. But I don’t see a chicken little situation with Texas about to turn and doom us. Nor do I think “squeaker” is the best possible result for us in this upcoming election, it’s about where I would put the median at this stage.