How is the Texas redistricting going to effect us?

ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:32 AM
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How is the Texas redistricting going to effect us?

Please explain. Thanks in advance!

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jbond56

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:37 AM
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1. so far... not good

It has united and motivated Democrats in Texas. Things are starting to change. After people get locked up in the next year it should be much different by midterm elections.

I think it backfired.

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lindashaw

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:40 AM
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2. I'm here in the hot zone. All we can do is what Howard Dean tells

us to: Take one month off, then get to work getting our locals elected in 2006.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:42 AM
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3. Is that IF they pick up those seats or is it a sure bet?

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jbond56

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:56 AM
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5. They are not sure bets.

Delay is under a strong and growing Challenge by Richard Morrison. Tom debated for the first time in 20 years of office. The audience was not nice to him. Richard is behind but is making it a lot closer than anyone ever thought.

It got three members of my family interested enough to register this year. They could not believe Tom would use Home Land Security resources to redistrict Texas. Then to embarrass Texas by breaking Texas's one and old campaign finance law.

It is having an effect. It my take a few years to build enough support though. Depends on you.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Wed Oct-27-04 08:00 AM
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6. Depends on me how?

$$$$ - ?

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NoPasaran

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Wed Oct-27-04 08:09 AM
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7. Agreed---not done deals

Redistricting got Texas Democrats very motivated. We've registered lots of new voters and so far early voting totals have broken all records. If the conventional wisdom that a big turn out is good news for the good guys there will be some surprises here.

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Wed Oct-27-04 07:42 AM
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4. Well, for one thing I got my parents to vote absentee in Iowa.

They go to the McAllen, Texas area every year at the end of October. So they registered in Hidalgo Co. and got in the habit of voting there.

The Rio Grande Valley counties are majority chicano and Democratic so I'm sure the Republican gerrymandering hit them hard.

I told my folks that their vote would carry more weight if they voted absentee here in Iowa since it's a swing state. Every vote for Kerry counts here where it will lost in a Bush landslide in Texas.

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WolverineDG

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Wed Oct-27-04 08:11 AM
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8. don't be so sure of a bush landslide

here in texas. we are working hard to get dems to the polls. the national party may have given up on us, but we haven't dammit!!!

dg

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elehhhhna

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Wed Oct-27-04 08:34 AM
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9. Tx is turning blue. Bank on it. Next midterm election at the latest

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Wed Oct-27-04 11:00 AM
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10. One thing you can bet on, is that the Valley always goes Dem.

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WolverineDG

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Wed Oct-27-04 01:24 PM
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11. yes, but the key in the valley

is the turnout. get more folks to the polls in the 4 county rio grande valley area & in webb county & watch the state turn blue. :)

dg

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