Posted on 10/10/2015 8:55:16 AM PDT by EveningStar
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The political careers of several members of Congress — including a Republican seeking to become the next U.S. House speaker — could come to an abrupt halt under a sweeping overhaul of Florida's electoral map.
Florida Circuit Judge Terry Lewis on Friday recommended new boundaries for the state's 27 congressional districts, some of which would make it nearly impossible for U.S. Rep. Dan Webster — one of the hard-line conservatives who pushed John Boehner to resign as speaker and then turned on Boehner's No. 2, Kevin McCarthy — to win re-election from his current central Florida district.
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It's basically a variation on Andrew Jackson saying, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." Without the executive branch, nothing gets enforced.
I get that, but I am not impressed at all with him as a speaker with a small “s”.
Those "ratings" are crap. They're based on voting records which are manipulated by the leadership like a finely-tuned machine (which it is).
Votes are counted ahead of time. Members in GOP-safe districts are allowed to vote first on distasteful bills so they can vote "Nay", then the members in GOP-shaky districts vote last, so they can vote "Yay". The bill goes up in smoke, and the GOP'ers in the shaky districts can go home and say "Hey, I voted for it, but gosh-darn it, it lost". Their so-called "conservative" ratings go up, and the GOP'ers in the other districts who voted "Nay" have their "conservative" ratings go down.
It's all a sham.
This reads ‘fishy’ to me....
In the middle of a speaker’s opportunity to do something and they stop him cold...I’m not for Webster but still this isn’t right...
This smells like Bush, sorry but he would be that underhanded to do anything he would to get to where he wants to be...
That’s the ticket.
Since when does a judge have the authority to redraw congressional districts?
Mr. Webster is a hard line semi-conservative.
Isn’t this the same cr@p they pulled on Col Allen West? This redistricting, er, stuff?
This judge is determined to implement the redistricting plan drawn up by the democrats and the other liberals who brought the lawsuit in the first place.
Through infighting and ineptness the majority republicans gave him just the opening he needed to justify doing just that.
Imagine that...
If McConnell stays where he is and if the Gopes get one of their own as Speaker, there will be a Democrat majority in the House and one in the Senate after the next election.
“Wish the RINOs would just bolt the GOP and let the conservatives have their party back.”
The conservatives have never controlled the GOP, they are a minority within it, in fact, they are the true RINOs.
Republicans had the opportunity to exert some control over the redistricting.
The republican majority was given the opportunity to draw up a new plan as a result of a state supreme court decision.
But they couldn't agree on a new plan so they passed one of their old plans back to the judge to make a decision.
It looks like he is going with the alternate plan submitted by the democrats.
“Since when does a judge have the authority to redraw congressional districts?”
1965
And they still WONT GET IT!
I agree, but have you seen what the politicians do? Check out the Maryland map, with special reference to Districts 2 & 3.
He doesn’t need to be a Member of Congress to be Speaker.
Correct.
Are these the current lines or the “new” ones?
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