Arnold Tilts at Windmills (and Kevin, I will take that Deal)
California Governor Schwarzenegger pointed out in his state of the state address that out of 150+ state congressional districts in California, NONE changed party in the recent elections. The Governator rightly called out gerrymandering as practiced in states like Texas and California for being a threat to democracy and an incumbent protection program.
This is great to hear, but I would give this a 0% chance of success for anyone but Ahnold. The problem with doing anything about it is that your political support will almost by definition be coming from the minority party in the state. That is not a winning political formula. Even Kevin Drum, who seems to agree with Arnold's logic on this feels compelled to disagree to protect his party. However, Arnold is getting good at taking issues over the heads of legislators straight to the voters, so you never know.
By the way, as a libertarian who cares a lot more about the democratic process than either party, I would take Drum's proposed deal in a second.
(sign of the times: my ieSpell program already has Schwarzenegger built into the dictionary)
