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Deciding Where to Draw the Lines(Ohio redraws like Texas)
WashingtonPost (Cursed by thy name) ^
| Wednesday, August 20, 2003
| Juliet Eilperin
Posted on 08/20/2003 2:08:27 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
Ohio Republicans may take a cue from state legislators in Texas and Colorado and tinker with the lines that shape their congressional districts.
Now some Republicans are looking at carving up northeast Ohio, which would reshape the seats of Brown, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D), and possibly other House members. "I've seen some plans floating around to do some line adjustments," state GOP Chairman Bob Bennett said.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: kucinich; ohio; sherrodbrown
Interesting in and of itself, but there will be a public backlash somepoint, spurred on by media savant's constantly harping this until the public recognizes it needs to have a backlash getting on.
To: JerseyHighlander
This is dumb unless the courts redistricted. Otherwise, we'll have OK, IL, TN, etc. do the same to us.
To: JerseyHighlander
Here's some "backlash" from a Northeast Ohioan who has been wandering in the Democratic-controlled electoral wilderness all my life.
PleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePleasePlease let this be true!
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posted on
08/20/2003 2:38:55 PM PDT
by
Kenton
To: Kenton
Yes. First Sawyer, then Brown...Could only be worse in Dennis "The Mad" was our Rep...
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posted on
08/20/2003 2:52:44 PM PDT
by
Molly Pitcher
(Is Reality Optional?)
To: JerseyHighlander
Now some Republicans are looking at carving up northeast OhioCarving up? It's called redistricting and it is not news.
Oh. If Republicans do it, it's "carving up".
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posted on
08/20/2003 4:03:48 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(If you can read this you are posting too close)
To: JerseyHighlander
Don't the legislatures get one crack at this every ten years and that's it? Colorado and Texas were first taken care of by courts, not the legislatures. (And hey, how about redoing Georgia while we're at it?)
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posted on
08/20/2003 7:07:51 PM PDT
by
nospinzone
(I like moderates. If I could, I'd give them half a vote.)
To: JerseyHighlander
I take this as a sign that the White House is giving up hopes of redrawing Texas.
To: nospinzone
Don't the legislatures get one crack at this every ten years and that's it? They are required to redistrict after the census, but if they want they can redistrict every two years; heck, I guess they could pass a new map every week if they really wanted to.
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:24:13 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(I don't know but I been told - Eskimo ***** is mighty cold - Tastes good - Mm good)
To: Kenton
LOL. I feel your pain! My (predominately Republican) town got re-districted into Dennis's district two years ago.
Last year Dennis marched in our home days parade. This year a car with the sign "Kucinich For President" was in the parade, no sign of Dennis. The car was right after the local McD van with Ronald McDonald on top waving to the kids. Fitting, huh?
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posted on
08/21/2003 4:34:33 AM PDT
by
IndyTiger
To: JerseyHighlander
They have already done this at least once in the last two years. Thanks to redrawing the 3rd Congressional district, I have a responsive Republican Congressman for the first time in 24 years. More power to them.
To: Flyer
"Oh. If Republicans do it, it's "carving up"."Oh, yes! Or worse, it's "gerrymandering"!
Will those mean evil Republicans stop at nothing to, er, have uh, well... fair representation in Congress...?
</embarrassment>
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posted on
08/21/2003 8:23:18 AM PDT
by
Redbob
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