Democrat Governors from California to Illinois to New York and Massachusetts are complaining about states with Republican majorities redrawing lines for their Congressional Districts. Texas is the first to do it this year. The complaints are odd considering that those states did the same thing over the last several decades to elect more Democrats to the House.
Now, Republicans will admit they have 12 states with no Democrats in the House. That adds up to 30 Republicans. California alone has them outnumbered with 43 Democrats.
Democrats are saying they will redistrict to counteract any increase in Republican-leaning districts. The Massachusetts governor was excited to join in until she was told their Congressional delegation is already 100% Democrat.
How about some common horse sense. For Democrat and Republican leaders, maybe the best way to elect more Congress members from your party is to attract more voters with good solid policies that are good for America. In the 2026 election about half of registered voters will vote. For many districts, if either Democrat or Republican leaders can persuade three-fourths of their party in a district to vote, they will win.
You might have heard this week that a pro football player got engaged. There hasn’t been this much excitement for a professional sports star getting hitched since Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees married Marilyn Monroe in 1954. Now, a tight end in Kansas City will never be as famous as DiMaggio. But the young woman he gave a diamond ring is more popular than Marilyn, especially with teenage girls and women of all ages. Taylor Swift will keep on performing and singing beautifully. Chief fans are hoping Travis Kelce can keep his focus on catching the football.
As I mentioned last week I drive a Ford F-150. I filled the tank today with gasoline at $2.76. I heard that Ford has lost more than $45,000 on every Electric Vehicle sold. Henry Ford was criticized for hanging on to the Model T for too many years. I think the current Ford leaders should have got out of EVs before they got in, and the sooner the better. Let Elon have that share of the market.
Historic quote by Will Rogers:
“Tomorrow is Labor Day. I suppose set by act of Congress. Everything we do nowadays is either by or against acts of Congress. How Congress knew anything about labor is beyond us, but any how tomorrow is Labor Day. It’s a day in the big cities when men march all day [in parades] and work harder than they have in any other of the 365. Even the ones that ain’t working, labor on Labor Day.” DT #967, Sept. 1, 1929 (This was 2 months before the stock market crash that started the Great Depression.)