Florida: Partisan bias in redistricting? The district boundaries submitted by the plaintiffs in Florida’s on-going redistricting dispute were previewed by staff of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to the last line of the plaintiff’s filing, reports Sunshine State News. The maps were also drawn by a firm with ties to President Obama’s 2008 campaign and also by two professors, one at Harvard and another at Boston University ……. Virginia: Goodlatte GOP’s gridlock guy? US Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is responsible for bottling up legislation on immigration reform, gun control and voting rights, Democratic members of his committee told The Hill newspaper. The committee is run “very partisan and very politically,” said US Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) ……. Arkansas: Boozman attacks foe’s Obama ties. One week after former federal prosecutor Conner Eldridge, a Democrat, announced he would challenge US Sen. John Boozman (R) next year, Boozman is emphasizing Eldridge’s ties to President Obama, reports Arkansas Business News. “Certainly if you’re appointed by the President, voted for him twice, you supported the policies that have come of Washington,” Boozman said. “Those are what the people of Arkansas want to know about… “ …….
