Wisconsin: Redistricting pushes boundaries to help a Republican congressman (Sean Duffy)

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/124142938.html

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Democrat Dave Obey calls it "highly manipulative" and "crassly political."

Republican Paul Ryan calls it a "status-quo map" with "clean lines."

This is the first Wisconsin redistricting since the 1950s in which one party has controlled the governor's office and both chambers of the Legislature, meaning Republicans have a free hand politically to create any map that can withstand legal challenge.

Judging from a draft outline obtained by the Journal Sentinel, the plan has one key objective: protecting Republican freshman Sean Duffy, who represents Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District in northern Wisconsin, the seat that Dave Obey, a Democrat, held for decades.

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Duffy is the moron who told his constituents he was struggling to get along on his $174K US House salary because he had a lot of debt (he owns two homes!).

[midnight]

1. And we all know that Ryan is a status-quo kind of guy....

[ewagner]

2. I looked at it yesterday...

Yes...It is totally designed to help Duffy...although I don't think anything they do can save that moron from himself.

If there's a bright spot it's that they pretty much assured that Ron Kind's district (3rd CD) will be in Democratic Party hands forever.

[Scuba]

3. Ron Kind is EXACTLY the kind of guy we need.