As usual, you are right on with the words in this post. I do, however, in a quest to encourage the vote in Indiana , want to update the gerrymanding issue: Mike (heil Hitler) Braun has said he can't find the votes to (further) gerrymander the state. I've wondered for years how--with the most populous areas voting blue (Indianapolis, Lake and Porter Counties, Bloomington)--if they haven't already gerrymandered it, especially after the state voted to elect a Black President (at least in '08). Obama's win in the traditionally red state was seen as a major upset. It was the first time a Democratic presidential candidate had won Indiana since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and --I'm sure--started the districting shenanigans immediately. If there's a midterm election, it will be critical that we oust every MAGA sycophant with a Democrat who embraces diversity.
Debra, thanks for the real-time update. We tracked the pivot this morning: Senate GOP leaders publicly said they don’t have the votes for the mid-decade redraw, and I flagged that halt in today’s Brief. Credit to the Black Legislative Caucus and local organizers for forcing daylight; that pressure mattered.
Your 2008 memory is the tell: Indy, Lake/Porter, and Bloomington changed the math then, which is why the urge to carve them up returns in cycles. A pause is not peace, so we’ll watch the committee calendar, the fine print on municipal and school-board lines, and any “technical fixes” that sneak the same harm back. The work now is turnout plus infrastructure which includes voter protection teams, poll workers, and fast legal eyes ready to file. Power will try to change the key when the choir sings back; we stay on pitch, and I’m updating the Brief as developments land.
As usual, you are right on with the words in this post. I do, however, in a quest to encourage the vote in Indiana , want to update the gerrymanding issue: Mike (heil Hitler) Braun has said he can't find the votes to (further) gerrymander the state. I've wondered for years how--with the most populous areas voting blue (Indianapolis, Lake and Porter Counties, Bloomington)--if they haven't already gerrymandered it, especially after the state voted to elect a Black President (at least in '08). Obama's win in the traditionally red state was seen as a major upset. It was the first time a Democratic presidential candidate had won Indiana since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and --I'm sure--started the districting shenanigans immediately. If there's a midterm election, it will be critical that we oust every MAGA sycophant with a Democrat who embraces diversity.
Debra, thanks for the real-time update. We tracked the pivot this morning: Senate GOP leaders publicly said they don’t have the votes for the mid-decade redraw, and I flagged that halt in today’s Brief. Credit to the Black Legislative Caucus and local organizers for forcing daylight; that pressure mattered.
Your 2008 memory is the tell: Indy, Lake/Porter, and Bloomington changed the math then, which is why the urge to carve them up returns in cycles. A pause is not peace, so we’ll watch the committee calendar, the fine print on municipal and school-board lines, and any “technical fixes” that sneak the same harm back. The work now is turnout plus infrastructure which includes voter protection teams, poll workers, and fast legal eyes ready to file. Power will try to change the key when the choir sings back; we stay on pitch, and I’m updating the Brief as developments land.
You da bomb! As a Hoosier myself, I’m all over this shit!