"The Hotline: How did the 2010 election results affect Democrats' planning?
MA: Well, we lost so many state legislatures and lost so many members of Congress. What's left in a lot of states are just the safe members and so their natural incentive for a fair map -- to drive for a fair map -- is not as strong as it would be if there were other members in the state who have to have a marginal district to survive.
When Martin Frost [was in charge of the process for Democrats], he had a personal incentive because of his own district and because he was in a state full of marginal members. And he felt not only a need to protect himself but to protect his delegation. The real feud between DeLay and Martin wasn't about anything other than DeLay didn't like the fact that so many Democrats held marginal districts in Texas."
Redistricting Q&A: Matt Angle -- how the 2010 election affects Dems redistricting plans
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