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Dems on the run in California!
Headline: âDems offer redistricting plan to counter governor's plan, GOP says it leaves Legislature with too much power.â For those of you who donât follow left coast politics I will make this brief. Currently elected officials get to draw the lines on their congressional district. The current state population shows roughly a 55/45 split between Democrats and Republicans. The legislature is 70/30 split because of the way districts are carved out of the state. The current legislature enjoyed a 20-25% approval rating BEFORE the last election and EVERY incumbent won re-election. Arnold has had a hard time pushing his agenda through the Democrat heavy legislature. So Arnold proposed that maybe we need a better way to choose those people. In November the PEOPLE are going to vote on a state amendment that will drastically (and hopefully) change the way districts are redrawn and take it out of the hand of elected officials. The Democrats sensing danger labeled Arnold a Nazi at first, denounce the special election second, and now offer their own plan to fix a problem they caused. I have lived in California for many years and I really sense that the Dems are running scared after they saw the proposals and special elections were going to actually happen. Despite the negative press and howling on against this election this proposal really has support on the left and the right. You can tell they are scared because they are offering a counter proposal because the if measure passes the Dems are likely to lose absolute control and have to bargain with and REPRESENT a large minority of California citizens. One legislature admits as much in the article. Good show Arnold! Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-06-29 |
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