If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

a Washington D. " Podesta has also served as a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States and the United States Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. In 1988 Podesta founded with his brother Tony Podesta Associates Inc.

John 'Skippy' David Podesta (born January 8 1949) was the fourth and final White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. Podesta was a co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.