Obama Picks Numbers-Fudger to Run Census

Republicans expressed alarm because of one of Mr. Groves’s specialties, statistical sampling — roughly speaking, the process of extrapolating from the numbers of people actually counted to arrive at estimates of those uncounted and, presumably, arriving at a realistic total.
—NY Times

Redistricting Will Soon be GOP Secret Weapon

The 2010 census could add multiple House seats to red-leaning states — as many as four districts to Texas and two each to Arizona and Florida. And it could subtract seats from blue-trending states like Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Most of the states slated to gain seats in reapportionment next cycle feature Republican-controlled state legislatures and governor’s mansions — the powerhouses that decide how to allocate congressional districts.
The Hill

New Jersey Likely to Lose Congressional Seat After Census

A new report from the Census Bureau indicates that New Jersey is likely to lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in time for the 2012 elections. That will offer numerous redistricting options for mapmakers after the 2010 census. Over the coming weeks, PolitickerNJ.com will offer some of our own maps to demonstrate some potential scenarios as New Jersey moves from thirteen congressional districts to twelve.
Politicker NJ

2010 Census Predictions Good News for GOP

Probable Gainers

State	Seats Gained	New Count
Texas	4	36
Arizona	2	10
Florida	2	27
Georgia	1	14
Nevada	1	4
North Carolina	1	14
Oregon	1	6
South Carolina	1	7
Utah	1	4

Probable Losers

State	Seats Lost	New Count
New York	2	27
Ohio	2	16
California	1	52
Illinois	1	18
Louisiana	1	6
Massachusetts	1	9
Michigan	1	14
Minnesota	1	7
Missouri	1	8
New Jersey	1	12
Pennsylvania	1	18
Iowa	1	4

Source: Wikipedia

Americans Leaving Cities for Heartland

Democratic politicians like to decry what they describe as a widening economic gap in the nation. But the part of the nation where it is widening most visibly is their home turf, the place where they win their biggest margins (these metro areas voted 61% for John Kerry) and where, in exquisitely decorated Park Avenue apartments and Beverly Hills mansions with immigrant servants passing the hors d'oeuvres, they raise most of their money.