GOP poised to win Congress redistricting edge, too

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JENNIFER C. KERR

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republicans' expected gains next week go way beyond Congress. The GOP could capture new Senate or House majorities in a dozen to 18 states - along with critical new power to redraw district maps and influence elections for a decade to come.

Three of the biggest prizes are New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. All three states are expected to lose seats in Congress as a result of the 2010 census, and that's sure to ignite boundary fights. A party's congressman on the wrong end of redistricting can find the district he's represented for years no longer exists.

Democrats have hopes, too. They aim to take away state Senate control in Michigan and Kentucky and the House in Texas and Tennessee. Texas would be a particular victory, since it seems likely to have four more seats to divvy up under the new census. But none of the analysts contacted by The Associated Press predicted the Democrats would succeed in any of those states.

Both houses in Florida, a state that's expected to gain two seats in Congress, are likely to remain under GOP control.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101025/D9J30QI00.html

[otohara]

1. If This Happens

all the anger of 2001 - 2008 will be back with a vengeance.

Stupid country - we're number 25!

[stray cat]

2. If it happens the US citizens orchestrated it by voting in the gop

[Nostradammit]

6. Or the non-verifiable electronic voting machines

manufactured in secret by companies with close ties to
the Republican party did.

[Crowman1979]

3. I doubt that! Since they've scared their ilk from participating in the census.

[Bitwit1234]

4. And like DeLay did in Texass they will redistrict

and redistrict it all over again til they get most republican majority in the districts. that's what he did the last time. The federal law says one redistricting after the census but he did it as many times as he wanted. Cause they had a republican congress in DC who did nothing and a republican congress in Texass that egged him on.

[struggle4progress]

5. The election's a week from Tuesday. The outcome will be news. This is not news.

GOTV