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Wussy Wednesday...

From the El Paso Times:

Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, the longest-serving senator, slipped back to his hometown during the Labor Day weekend despite telling colleagues that he would visit New Orleans.
"I am disappointed to see him (Whitmire) surrendering so easily," Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said. "All 11 of us have made true sacrifices to be here in Albuquerque. I have a newborn baby at home that doesn't even know what I look like. We have senators with serious health problems, new grandchildren, and suffering businesses with us. I hope that Senator Whitmire feels as we all do, that no personal sacrifice is so great as to outweigh the constitutional issues at stake."

So, I wonder what Whitmire's payoff was?

However, this is interesting:

A TV ad campaign is already in production after an Internet site raised slightly more than $1 million in one week in an effort to raise the profile of the summerlong redistricting battle.

Clearly, Whitmire is part of the politics of the past. However, it looks like DéLay's coup in Texas is going through. Let's hope the same doesn't happen in California.