Wisconsin To Lose Republican 1st, 5th and 6th Congresional Seats

From the only Wisconsin Paper of Record, the Lakeland-Times and the GREAT Mr. Richard Moore.

2010 Census or how to get rid of your political opponents.

"8/25/2009 9:51:00 AM
Critics say 2010 census is unconstitutional
Illegal immigrants to be officially counted for the first time
Richard Moore
Investigative Reporter

Every 10 years, the federal government undertakes a constitutionally mandated count of the American population to determine the apportionment of elected representatives among the 50 states, and, given the political stakes, it has always been a lodestone for controversy.

In recent decades, the blasts and the blows have been mostly about the counting - or undercounting, as the case may be - of minorities. The squalls this year are blowing in from three different directions, and two of them are based on constitutional complaints.

First fury up, a charge that President Barack Obama has made a power grab by transferring oversight of the 2010 census from the Department of Commerce to the White House, a move critics contend is not only politically motivated but unconstitutional.

The constitution, they say, gives Congress the power to delegate the duties and responsibilities of the census by law, and it has done so to the Department of Commerce, not to the White House." Critics say 2010 census is unconstitutional

What will happen in Wisconsin?

The inflated official count would give states with high illegal immigrant populations a big advantage in the next congressional reapportionment. The big winners could be states such as California - which could gain as many as nine seats, from 48 to 57 - Texas and Florida, while states such as Ohio, Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania stand to lose seats.

If the dems are in charge, could you really say Petri in the 6th, Ryan in the 1st, and Sensenbrenner in the 5th are safe seats after the upcoming census?