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Democratic congressional candidate Michael B. Moore is aiming to defeat Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) despite the possibility that the Supreme Court could side with the state legislature and reinstate a map that favors Republicans before next year's election.

Focus, democrats are changing their tune on gerrymandering. while old school party members such as former president obama continually ridicule republicans for redrawing political maps. many democrats are now embracing that strategy. here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> the republicans have for years gerry man dered the heck out of this country. >> now the once in a decade process of redrawing congressional districts advantage for district. the cook political report says redistric...

Partisan tensions have been flaring on a pair of commissions in charge of redrawing Missouri's state House and Senate districts, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over their interactions with the public.

And i think that the -- i can see the frame that democrats are doing it wrong being an easy one because you know who the democrats are and you know where to put your outrage and you know which congressional offices to call. the truth is, we dealt with foreign interference in our election. we dealt with an fbi where day after day, some new revelation comes up that says they acted hugely inappropriately. we dealt with the electoral college which for the first time took away the presidency with 3 m...

Wardrobe of issues when we dont necessarily all line up in the same place and this is the kind of road map if youre running for president whether im a democrat or republican, it is a mosaic and not black and white. >> thats a good point. purple nation probably in terms of national polls and national elections but in congress especially in the house of representatives, its not because of gerry mandering. we talk about these polls and whether congress will realize how unpopular they are. only 29% ...

First of all, last week with not too much fanfare, the house of representatives passed a really big bill on water infrastructure. ports and water ways and canals and things like that. there were a lot of earmarks in that bill. earmarks are not a bad thing. the congress has the power -- >> the return of earmarks. >> supposed to be able to tell us how -- tell the country how to spend its money and, by the way, earmarks also give leadership a carrot or stick. if you vote my way, here you get a proj...

Come back to the democrats and say you know what, boy, 2014 identify read the articles about gerry mandering, this is tough, six year itch. call me again when hillary clinton is at the top of the ticket, call me in 2016 then ill think about running. the question now is congressional democrats are making these calls again now. post-shutdown saying hey look at these poll numbers. are you sure you want to wait. people that wait in politics usually end up missing opportunities. do you want to miss a...

The moderates goes back to 94 and it has been a long process. it begins with gingrich and what gingrich is doing. they all -- gingrich said in 94, out in 98, he said, i want to lead, but i dont want to lead cannibals and a process of cannibalization in the republican party ever since and thats where we are today. who are the moderates in the republican party? if orrin hatch is the moderate wing of the republican party, policy has shifted and the cannibalization has been really complete. >> how m...

I dont think he has any control over the levers of power in the capitol anymore. the president needs a partner. he doesnt have one. who does he have as a partner? eric cantor hes young cassius lean and hungry look waiting to get the speakership. larry mccarthy probably the same way. nobody wants to lead. the biggest leader of the republican party right now is the loudest voice perhaps self-medicated voice at the next tea party. that voice that yells at the guy and says you cut a deal with obama,...

Map if you can come together and no one believes that can happen right away. >> the "wall street journal" also calls the reaction to tuesdays ruling over the top. especially among democrats who exhumed their roll the clock back metaphors. they still cant let go of the politics of racial polarization that gets them elected. if democrats were spectacular the, they would realize that is racial gerry mandering helps house republicans may making so many fewer districts competitive and say president o...