I’m kind of torn on this, I agree with bitey for the most part. Everyone knew he was going to make changes, and quickly. He stated this many times so no one should be surprised. Clinton made some changes quick, some panned out, others did not. I think this might need to be something to ride out. I hate the redrawing of districts, and I agree it is necessary every so often, but I think it should deal more with the flux of people in an area, then just every so many years. Some areas grow and decline at such a rapid rate that it’s tough to keep up with. At the same time it’s such a mundane job and done so terribly that you can’t really ask for more.
I can’t agree more with P that it should stay completely seperate from politics, it might be one of the few things not tainted by politics thus far. I’m not sure about unconstitutional, it’s not my place to rule on something like that and I don’t know the laws well enough to call that. But I do think there is some out of norm activity and for whatever reason we’ll find out soon I think.
It’s tough because I don’t think a lot of people are going to be affected by this. Yes the growing areas which will be restructured are going to feel the change. But if your not growing your district just gets bigger to accomodate the # of people needed/portioned. North Carolina is definitely one of the states that will be changed, but as per my Pennsylvania, not so much. Philly gets worked around everytime they restructure regardless, but philly is a mess anyway.