Governor's partial map baffles some Republicans

[bearfan454]

They can't even get it the way they want to when they cheat by changing the rules !

http://www.statesman.com/shared/content/shared/texas/legislature/0903/0923fines.html

[LightTheMatch]

1. link wouldn't work

for me...

[LightTheMatch]

2. Try this one...

Austin American-Statesman Redistricting Story

[Maeve]

3. A segment of the story

Link didn't work at first for me, either, so here's the opening paragraphs.

Gov. Rick Perry on Monday offered sparsely populated West Texas a new congressional district to help settle a fight between Republicans in that region, only to anger or confuse several Senate Republicans.

The governor's partial map left the eastern half of the state blank and several Senate Republicans disturbed because they think the governor's solution to the West Texas squabble could steal a seat in Congress from the more populous regions of the state, including Central Texas.

The governor's partial map underscores the problem of rearranging the state's 32 congressional districts: Satisfying one region causes a ripple that affects other parts of the state. By leaving part of his map blank, the governor avoided the need to identify which region would lose a congressional seat.
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[bearfan454]

4. He did exactly what KKKarl Rove told him to do.

You can't lose if you do what they say. They had to change the Tx Senate rules to get this shit passed after they failed 3 times in regular sessions. Majority only instead of 10 year Tx Senate rule to require 2/3 majority. These guys suck.................Really.

[underpants]

5. W had to go to the UN so he couldn't finish coloring it

but apparently he did a real good job of staying in the lines and he got a cookie.

[underpants]

6. A Roadmap in pieces

Bwilliant

[realFedUp]

7. Maybe the new Republicans districts have oil.....

well, works for Iraq....