Redistricting

According to Ed Kilgore, it appears that Georgia has been bitten by the redistricting fever that hit Texas and Colorado. In his post, he brought up a very interesting point on why this might backfire: there have been several states in which the Dems have consolidated their power in the state legislature, and hence have ammo to strike back.

Now, to be fair, I agree with Ed in that the whole redistrcting thing is craptastic and I would much rather see it stopped than to see a never-ending series of gerrymandering. However, it is noted that one of the states in which the Dems have recently consolidated their power and could potentially strike back in is Illinois. And what big representative is from Illinois?

Dennis Hastert.

Yeah, I have some principles on this one, but DAMN that would be delicious...