for their intransigence, it might have a beneficial effect. "Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake." - Jon Stewart; The Daily Show and who ever runs against him (whether Alex Sink runs again or the Dems put up someone else), they have a LOT of fodder to run against Scott.  He is fucking AWFUL, and the damaging he's doing will take time to undo.  I remember waking up to the "Rick Scott narrowly becomes Florida's new Governor" and I was like - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... God my state can be so STOOOOPID. It's all the Repubs in the Florida legislature. Democrats must take back both houses and the governorship - and then redistrict immediately. Forget the 10-year thing, the gerrymandering is facilitating the destruction of the state. Actually from what I can see districts have been drawn more compactly as required by the fair districts constitutional amendments--the reason Republicans dominate the state legislature is that they are the only organized party that holds real power in the state, and of course they have money out the wazoo...they are a united force and their fanatics vote consistently, unlike Democrats who move to Florida but treat it like being on permanent vacation rather than a state where they are involved in civic life. Try looking at this .  Notice how district 9 is completely surrounded by district 4?  Any guesses who lives in that squid district 9?  Poorer people.  Black people.