Though it is that kind of extreme gerrymandering which will let the GOP stay on the far right and hamper its chances of winning back the White House or possibly even the Senate.
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Hanna and Ros-Lehtenin are the only two Republicans in the LGBT Equality Caucus so I think they are the only two. However, there are quite a few pro-equality Democrats not in the caucus so it isn't a definitive list.
I think in a meaningful way Miller replacing Coverdell in GA, in a more lolz way, Barkley over Wellstone. I might be forgetting one but I think those are last two.
Yes, but you can't dilute a minority-majority seat by taking out voting minorities and putting in non-voting minorities to empower Whites. Because, we have three Hispanic-empowered seats in the Valley, we have to keep three Hispanic-empowered seats in the Valley.
If I were gerrymandering a state, and I gerrymandered three strong contiguous districts for the opposite party, why would I make them ugly? Just make them normal looking; you won't win them anyway.
In fact, based on what Karma said, it may have been possible for Republicans to get one more district out of this while keeping it minority-majority.
Back in the 2003 Delay redistricting, the type of retrogression was the only thing the Supreme Court frowned upon, and forced a redraw of the 23rd to make it more Hispanic in terms of voter strength.
I suppose he'll appoint a Republican, but the last thing Christie needs is Cory Booker motivating Democrats to actually turn out in November 2013 to "take back Frank's seat".
FWIW, my friends in VA tell me that both candidates are good for Lt Gov but that Herring is by far the better candidate for AG for various experience and campaigns reasons.
Also, since Fairfax lives in Fairfax, if Fairfax wins the AG nomination, we would have two candidates from Fairfax (McAuliffe and Fairfax). Herring is from NOVA but from a different county.
