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Provisions that require fair districts. republican political consultants made a mockery of the redistricting process, tainted it with partisan intent. he ordered the districts be redrawn. the fifth held by democrat. in redrawing them, other districts will be affected. county clerks in pube low, denver, colorado will follow. a district court ruling thursday that boulder county clerk hillary hall can ignore a federal stay. when same-sex couples heard the news, they started rushing over. >> im pl...

The most basic premise is to take care of your district. his lines will be drawn in the most recent redistricting process. it made the district more republican. it added counties that he had not had before and there was a concern down there, at least according to the reporting of my colleagues that cover virginia politics that he had sort of neglected parts of the district, that they didnt know who he was, and that by spending $1 million on the tv ad campaign, he elevated brat. he told voters yo...

When the seat, this is a special election, that democrats could possibly take this? >> you need an extraordinary event for democrats to win this seat. even having a candidate as flawed as sanford in this race, they just couldnt get there, and it speaks to how republican this district is. also when you went through the redistricting, a lot of the african-american votes that used to be in this district went into clyburns district. this district is more white, more republican as a function of the r...

And it speaks to how republican this district is. also when you went through the redistricting, a lot of the african-american votes that used to be in this district went into clyburns district. this district is more white, more republican as a function of the redistricting process, so its a very steep climb for democrats, but when playing in special elections, in the off years, you want to try to get that sense of momentum. you want to try to get the ball to the open receiver. democrats took a g...

>> it was through the redistricting process. having had a hand in creating the new maps and focussing on state legislative races around the country, like a wisconsin, the goal was to help the party get its ground game in place, organize and put in place those controls. you know, thats part of the process. where i draw the line, as i think the core point youre asking, a question youre asking, is this about really just power for the sake of power, or do you recognize how this is being perceived an...

Ohio and virginia, all the other states and it really -- it speaks to that -- thats the statistic i have cited i think on this show before to appreciate the evolution in 1988, michael dukakis who was clobbered won over 800 counties in the country. barack obama won fewer than 700. thats how tightly condensed the democratic votes become. for me, the bottom line is simple. saying this for years and keep saying it until i die or they change it. most votes in election should win. i dont believe the a...

The republicans were projected to lose -- if they had not had this redistricting process in 2010, might have lost 15 more seats in congress than they actually lost. so i think its wrong to say redistricting did not have a positive impact for the republican party. but secondly, the supreme court has decimated us on majority black districts. its a little bit -- the housing segregation patterns are a bigger part of this equation and the affordability of housing and where the blacks and latinos have...

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I saw a lot of agreement with this election. i think the people rejected what economic model, which is that tax cuts for the rich creates jobs. i see it in republicans worried about the so-called fiscal cliff, worrying about the taxes going up and spending cuts happening the same time. it will cause a massive recession. we were all, to quote president nixon, we are all -- people united behind a model that says government has to get us growing. >> i think there were consequences. one way to inter...