There's a sorta/kinda argument against Democratic tit-for-tat gerrymandering, and its not the Republican "its a power grab/unfair" one. The voter approval component hints at it. Its a polite revolution. There is so much joy over an actual response to Republican gamesmanship that everyone glosses over the temporary nature of the Democratic gerrymander.
Do they think this problem is going to be solved in the timeframe adopted? What do they expect a Republican response to look like? This does not address the trend of Republican criminality that's going to be a component in the next 2 electioms at a minimum. I heartily approve of the Democratic gerrymandering but warn its not nearly enough.
What I meant by "temporary" isn't about adopting a timeframe. Except the one built into the Constitution, where the census takes place in 2030 and the states have to redistrict in time for the 2032 midterms (Likely with Texas and Florida adding some House seats but not a lot.) The maps we go in with this November could still be in force until then. What I mean by "temporary" is that Democrats will be *volunteering* to pass the Redistricting Reform Act at any time, like before the 2028 campaign gets going, but I don't know that it will happen then. For one thing, Republicans and/or Trump will most likely have to agree—I think we'll do great in November but I doubt we'll have a veto-proof majority. And then who wants to go through redistricting when you're going to have to do it again in a couple of years? The best time to pass the Act is going to be in 2029, with a new Democratic president.
The thing about this year's gerrymandering, if it's as successful in moving the dial on House elections as it ought to be (with the tariffs and the gas price and the Obamacare cuts and Trump's fatuousness, which non-nerds are finally really catching on to) is the opportunity to start fixing things and (in the midst of the general do-gooding) make the climate better for 2028 and that great Democratic presidential candidate when she shows up, somewhat the way Pelosi prepared the ground in 2019 for 2020.
Shorter NYT: “Yet the rape victim also committed violent acts, attempting to punch and kick her attacker, and even raking his face with her keys.”
There's a sorta/kinda argument against Democratic tit-for-tat gerrymandering, and its not the Republican "its a power grab/unfair" one. The voter approval component hints at it. Its a polite revolution. There is so much joy over an actual response to Republican gamesmanship that everyone glosses over the temporary nature of the Democratic gerrymander.
Do they think this problem is going to be solved in the timeframe adopted? What do they expect a Republican response to look like? This does not address the trend of Republican criminality that's going to be a component in the next 2 electioms at a minimum. I heartily approve of the Democratic gerrymandering but warn its not nearly enough.
What I meant by "temporary" isn't about adopting a timeframe. Except the one built into the Constitution, where the census takes place in 2030 and the states have to redistrict in time for the 2032 midterms (Likely with Texas and Florida adding some House seats but not a lot.) The maps we go in with this November could still be in force until then. What I mean by "temporary" is that Democrats will be *volunteering* to pass the Redistricting Reform Act at any time, like before the 2028 campaign gets going, but I don't know that it will happen then. For one thing, Republicans and/or Trump will most likely have to agree—I think we'll do great in November but I doubt we'll have a veto-proof majority. And then who wants to go through redistricting when you're going to have to do it again in a couple of years? The best time to pass the Act is going to be in 2029, with a new Democratic president.
The thing about this year's gerrymandering, if it's as successful in moving the dial on House elections as it ought to be (with the tariffs and the gas price and the Obamacare cuts and Trump's fatuousness, which non-nerds are finally really catching on to) is the opportunity to start fixing things and (in the midst of the general do-gooding) make the climate better for 2028 and that great Democratic presidential candidate when she shows up, somewhat the way Pelosi prepared the ground in 2019 for 2020.