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How many red congressional districts face extinction or revision due to potential census figures?


It's an angle on the census issue that has been evolving for a couple days here at the TPM blogs, based on a theory that some of the vehement dialog emanating from Republican lawmakers against the census, might well be explained by those lawmakers' vulnerability to the results of that census.
So, not knowing where to start for this kind of information, I thought it might be worth challening some of our lurking experts to pitch in with some stats, and links there-to, if they are even available.
There may already be a website somewhere that addresses this very issue, but thus far my google-search word-combinations aren't providing me with anything but obscure references.
I think this evolving "theory" that the loudest census naysayers are identifying themselves as inevitable census victims could be fleshed-out better if we had an idea of just where and how many red districts could see the census axe fall, due to population changes and movement.
Considering that states like Iowa and Minnesota, both facing potential district amalgamation and redistricting due to population loss, are now under Democratic majorities, it is no surprise some red and purple districts are afraid they might be turning blue.
So, what other states or districts may see similar changes, and are those Reps(R) crying the blues already, in the form of criticism of the census itself, like Bachman and King?

Why is the Corporate Media Ignoring Sibel Edmonds? Do we need a VIRTUAL CONGRESS to protect our lawmakers from outside influence?


Why is the Corporate Media Ignoring Sibel Edmonds?
Everyday Citizen is asking that very question today.  

I saw their Facebook link about it this morning and added this comment, which I'm blogging here.  
Sibel Edmonds may be the Bush Era's Pandora.

The American Conservative has opened Pandora's blog with a startling interview of Sibel Edmonds, whose story should be exploding in big headlines and feature stories across the country, but it is being summarily ignored by every mainstream media outlet.

Brad Friedman's been covering it in depth on BRADBLOG 

And Sibel's got her own blog up and running, where she interacts very personally with her readers and commenters.

I sincerely hope TPM picks up on it and helps disseminate this tale of espionage, intrigue and the dark side of politics.


Here's a quote from Sibel's deposition about foreign agents and how they gained access and control over some of our lawmakers;

"and this information would include all their sexual preference, how much they owed on their homes, if they have gambling issues,"

How many etceteras might one add to that short list?

The fact we put all our lawmakers together in one city makes it too easy for either K-Street or foreign agents to access them all in one spot.

I say lets bring em' all home, make them live with their constituents and do their debating and voting online, publicly.

The horse and buggy technology during the writing of the Federalist Papers is obsolete, to say the least, we don't drive horse-drawn carriages any more, so why do we send our lawmakers to one easily accessible spot as if that arcane model still existed?

"VIRTUAL CONGRESS!" should be the battle cry of the new Netroots. Our lawmakers are too accessible to these dangerous influences of intrigue and international espionage when they are all clustered together in one place.

Get them out of DC and back home with their constituents! Let them debate and vote online, PUBLICLY!


Viva la blogs!
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