http://dagblog.com/link/voting-rights-act-i-was-wrong-about-racial-gerrymandering-10560 Comments for "Voting Rights Act: I was wrong about racial gerrymandering" en http://dagblog.com/comment/122872#comment-122872 <a id="comment-122872"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/122855#comment-122855">Convincing analysis/opinion,</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Glad you liked it.  Cynthia Tucker has been writing at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for decades and has had a front-row seat at the political theatre almost that long.  </p></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:53:10 +0000 EmmaZahn comment 122872 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/122855#comment-122855 <a id="comment-122855"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/voting-rights-act-i-was-wrong-about-racial-gerrymandering-10560">Voting Rights Act: I was wrong about racial gerrymandering</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Convincing analysis/opinion, especially this part: <em>What do Republicans get out of the deal?</em> Thanks for recommending it.</p><p>A money quote (he sounds fed up, don't he?)</p><p><em>As Richard Harpootlian (cq), chairman of the South Carolina Democratic party, told me: “When the only issue is race, idiots win, black and white."</em></p></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:03:25 +0000 artappraiser comment 122855 at http://dagblog.com