[dwd1]

This is what I was asking about... Do you have any info on what gerrymandering may have been done 10, 20, 30 years ago that gave the Democrats an unfair advantage... If this is true, then the Republicans have earned those seats back fair and square... I am a Basketball fan and I have the greatest respect for those teams that can win on the road in an adverse environment... If the Republicans have won back congressional seats in a heavily registered Democratic District because of their ability to convince the electorate that the conservative agenda is the best course,(and there are numbers to support this), then I think the perception problems I have been discussing will go away....

[stand watie]

frankly, i'm not sure how to answer your question.

the DIMocRATS in 1980 "packed blacks & poor latinos" into UN-compact districts to "assure that minority members would win elections". what REALLY happened (AND what was really intended!) was that WHITE, LIBERAL men got those safe seats.

what the GOP majority is trying to do is to repair the mess the DIMs made in 1980 & messed up even worse in 1990 & 2000.

now that DIMs like Martin Frost may be DEFEATED, suddenly the GOP is cast by the LIBs/DIMs as being "anti-minority".

free the southland,sw