Part of the fallout of gerrymandering

In my post just below, I bemoaned the failure of Eddie Bernice Johnson to adopt a more progressive line re Iraq.

Of course, that cuts to the heart of the issue, in my opinion.

She really isn’t that progressive, nor are some other minority members of Congress for whom Republicans have redistricted even safer seats while putting white Democrats in tougher ones. Combine that with serving nearly two decades in Washington, and of course, it’s easy to become part of the “scratch my back, at least on occasion, and I’ll scratch yours” game.