tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post5916600233266317570..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Elections matter: GOP redistricting grand slam in offing?Jeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-20463354338541645692011-03-29T15:42:20.848-05:002011-03-29T15:42:20.848-05:00I can't resist letting readers in on this ... ...I can't resist letting readers in on this ... shortly after this posted, a high-ranking state Democrat wrote me, complaining that the sentiment that elections mattered was not, in his mind, factual because no recent state election cycle gave the GOP a House majority. <br /><br />Of course, the post didn't specify that a particular election contained all the consequences of the Republicans' ability to control the redistricting process. As he seemed incapable of critical thinking on this matter, I wrote to him saying my sharp regular readers didn't need to have the dots connected for them. But, for the LCD reader, let's do it: the 2007 cycle put the GOP at a near majority on the House, then special elections and defections, most triggered by the results of the 2010 national elections, did the rest. In the Senate, the gap was larger, but the same process worked it way to an even larger GOP majority.<br /><br />State elections, national elections, they all matter. By the tenor and tone of this official, this seems to be a revelation, confusing the state Democratic leadership who by the rhetoric here seems to think their party has a divine right to rule. Maybe if they actually listened to the people and pursue policy consistent with their wishes, it wouldn't have come to this for them. The content of the response I got illustrates why Democrats are losing the contest of ideas.Jeff Sadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.com