It's On

I understand the motivation for California Democrats putting Congressional redistricting on the ballot, in response to Texas' mid decade redistricting, but I honestly think that they will lose when the vote is held.

It's not that the people of California love Trump or the State of Texas, I'd be hard pressed to think who they hate more, but this is such political inside baseball that the average voter will feel annoyed, particularly after their media is flooded by dozens of advertisements every hour. 

Basically, I believe that a significant number of voters will look at the spectacle, and think, "F%$# this Sh%$, I'm out of here."

California governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a sweeping redistricting proposal aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional boundaries to create five new Democratic US House seats – a direct response to the gerrymandered maps Republicans in Texas are advancing at the behest of Donald Trump.

The Democratic-controlled state legislature voted to advance a legislative package revising California’s maps after hours of debate. With Newsom’s signature, the measure now heads to voters in a special election this November.

Newsom, who led the redistricting push, said California was “neutralizing” Texas’s maps designed to help Republicans stave off losses in next year’s congressional midterm elections.

“They fired the first shot in Texas,” the governor said, surrounded by Democratic lawmakers at a signing ceremony on Thursday afternoon. “When all things are equal, [when] we’re all playing by the same set of rules, there’s no question that the Republican party will be the minority party in the House of Representatives next year.”

So you have my prediction, and I am the son of Ronald "Those idiots nominated Nixon, there's no way that Humphrey can lose now!" so perhaps you can take that with a grain of salt.

This time, I'm pretty sure that I'm right though.