Redistricting Slugfest

Tony Quinn and I have been engaged in a back and forth over a California ballot initiative to reform how legislative districts are drawn. The interesting part is that Tony and I both think the initiative is a decent idea. We disagree about its chance. He thinks it has a decent chance of winning, and I think it has virtually no chance. And the opportunity cost of pursuing this idea again is huge; it would be better for its supporters to drop the idea and come up with a new game plan for pursuing political reform.