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After our census every ten years, the party-controlling state legislatures get to redraw the boundaries for state legislatures and congressional lines. in north carolina this week a court panel ruled the resulting congressional maps are unconstitutional, and the state has a three-week deadline to redraw its maps in a fair manner for this year's midterm elections. this is coming as we await the outcome of a supreme court case from wisconsin. question is this, are we turning points now? are we at a turning point for this undemocratic, small process? joining me, david daly, author of the book "th...

You continue to discuss operation red map. i want to make clear, nothing nefarious or illegal. the democrats were asleep at the switch or they could've done likewise. >> oh, absolutely. the republicans laid out what their plan was going to be an a piece in the "the wall street journal" and rove lays out that there are 117 state legislative seats in 17 states that if the republicans can take them over they would have the ability to draw the lines for 190 of the 435 congressional seats. that's a pretty good advantage when you only need 218 to have a majority. the democratic party lacked both the...

Republicans took the practice to new heights, which partly explains why today republicans have got 68 of 99 chambers, both houses in 35 states, a modern record of 33 governors and trifectas meaning both chambers and the governor in 25 states. and due to gerrymandering they will have a decade-long advantage. david daley spells it out all in a book with a title i cannot read. let's call it "rat blanked." the true story behind the secret plan to steal america's democracy. joining me now is author david daley, senior fellow for fair vote and former editor in chief at salon.com. david, it is a tale...

But in the aftermath of president obama's 2008 election, republicans took the practice to new heights which partly explain it's why today republicans have got 68 of 99 chambers both houses in 35 states, a modern record of 33 governors and trifectas meaning both chambers and the governor in 25 states and due to jerry man derring they will have a decade long vaung. david daily spells it all out. it's a book that was recommended to me by governor arnold schwarzenegger that told me it was right in my wheelhouse and he was correct. rat blanked. the true story between the secret plan to steal americ...

"operation red map." i want to make clear, nothing nefarious, nothing illegal. the democrats were asleep at the switch or they could have done likewise. >> oh, absolutely. the republicans laid out what their plan was going to be in an op-ed piece in "wall street journal" in march of 2010 written by karl rove. lays out there are 113 legislative seats in 17 states that if the republicans can take them over, they would have the ability to draw the lines for 190 of the 435 congressional seats. that's a good advantage when you only need 218 to have a majority. the democratic party lacked both the s...