No, It's Really Not a 'Race to the Bottom' on Redistricting

Originally published at: No, It’s Really Not a ‘Race to the Bottom’ on Redistricting - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Callais, combined with today’s court ruling in Virginia, have jolted Democrats and sent commentators into bemoaning an accelerating “race to the bottom” and, to paraphrase Jeff Zeleny on CNN this afternoon, the end to norms that have organized American politics and redistricting for generations. I’d like to offer a significantly different view of the situation.…