Republicans hold the trifecta in Ohio this time around, despite several polls showing their approval ratings hovering somewhere between stubbing your toe and chlamydia. We also know Ohio Republicans are vicious at redistricting, eager to press a partisan advantage. The result may be good for Democrats in the short term, but in a neutral to poor election cycle, it could really bite.
Thanks to the tea-flavored apostasies of Rep. Jim Jordan, who pissed off Speaker John Boehner by whipping votes against his doomed spending bill, Ohio Republicans have a new target in redistricting. While Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich is assumed to be a goner, and in fact he's already preparing his rainbow parachute for a bonzai drop into Metro Seattle in a desperate attempt to remain an irrelevant and frequently irritating congressgnome for at least a couple more years, Jordan is a recent addition to the s-list - as of midday today, in fact.
So, while heating up a nice big pot of homemade Cincinnati chili and putting a can of kidney beans on the stove, I decided to set about designing Boehner's Revenge.