There will be interest in Wisconsin, some of it brought on by the cry baby union loudmouths- many of them not even from Wisconsin- who seek to recall Governor Scott Walker over his much publicized fight to gain concessions from public worker unions. To recall, upon facing office, like many Governors, he faced serious fiscal problems, most of them tied to structural problems in existing | Read More »
Before Republicans self implode over redistricting in Illinois, it is potentially not the great apocalypse for the GOP many envision. The current delegation is 11-8 Republican and come 2013, they may lose a couple seats. Most of the population lost that cost Illinois a House seat occurred in Chicago and should have been worse had not some of that population moved to the suburbs. First, | Read More »
There is a lot riding on redistricting in Kentucky, most of it centered around the Lexington-based 6th District held by Democratic incumbent Ben Chandler. However, unlike its neighbor to the south, there will be interest in other districts also. Some of it will manifest itself in 2012 while others will occur later in the decade since Democrats feel they have a stable of good candidates | Read More »
Tennessee neither gains nor loses a seat in the House, but because of population shifts in the state, the political power has moved to the central regions. Also, for the first time since Reconstruction, the GOP controls the redistricting process. In terms of needs, one first looks at the ideal population count for each district within a state. The 7th and 9th districts show the | Read More »
Like Mississippi, there should be little drama in neighboring Alabama in 2012. The state is solidly red and will vote solidly Republican while the GOP nominee will capture their nine electoral votes. With no Senatorial race, no Governor’s race, general anti-Obama tendencies and redistricting efforts that bolstered all incumbents, politics should bode well for the GOP in Alabama. In the Mobile-based 1st District, Republican incumbent | Read More »
This will be a quick entry as there is not much drama in Mississippi. In fact, redistricting efforts were rather smooth, all things considered. Although the new plan landed expectedly in court, that panel of judges essentially rubber stamped the plan with minimal changes that do not seriously affect the final district boundaries. As a result, they will remain basically the same for the next | Read More »
President Obama: Your recent decision to effectively cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is perhaps the most ill-advised, “monumentally stupid” decision of your tenure in office. This was a no-brainer from Day 1. While you use the hard earned tax dollars of American citizens and borrowed money creating staggering debt for future generations in your economic stimulus that created jobs at a rate of something like | Read More »
So much can be written about Louisiana in any election cycle given their penchant for corruption and unique pecadilloes intrinsic to that state. Importantly, they have a Governor now who has avoided scandal and corruption. Given his handling of the BP oil spill and his incessant, commonsense attacks on the government’s bureaucracy in responding to emergencies that affected his state, his status in the state | Read More »
In Arkansas, which came through redistricting rather easily for a southern state, there will be no Senatorial drama such as that seen in 2010. To recount, Democratic incumbent Blanch Lincoln faced a tough primary fight against Bill Halter and a tough general election against John Boozman. Even without the bruising primary and eventual runoff, she was probably the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent Senator in the | Read More »
The state of Missouri is shaping up as a very interesting state politically in 2012. Besides the Presidential election, there is a Senate race and Governor’s race, redistricting to reflect the loss of a House seat and lots of drama over those redistricting plans and the plans of incumbents. All of this occurs in a political vacuum until the courts decide the fate of the | Read More »
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