US House Redistricting: Kansas

[Verily]

Wichita won't like it. Kansas City is, of course, essentially being buttraped; but they vote Democratic anyways. Then again, West Kansas might not like it either.

Yeah, I think West Kansas would be annoyed about likely being represented by [a Republican] Congressman from Kansas City.

[Verily]

There are always some seats that get lost despite being safe. The Democrats briefly had two seats in Kansas for totally legitimate and reasonable reasons--just like the Republicans briefly held the New Orleans seat, or the Democrats briefly had a seat in Idaho. It's not like the map was 2-2; it is very clearly three safe Republican seats and one lean Democratic seat.

[Verily]

What did Sweeney say about NY-20 in 2001, "It would take a lot of effort for a Republican to loose that seat". Or something like that. And then in 2006, he proved his own statement.

Sweeney was just dumb. That seat was easily identifiable as a marginal, as Presidential results made very clear. KS-02 was not, at all.