I talked to McClintock's campaign this morning. He is officially neutral on the Schwarzenegger redistricting initiative -- he hasn't taken a position yet, and his campaign says he won't take one at least until the initiative has qualified for the ballot. (It's still on the street as of this morning). I also called two people who know McClintock well. Their view -- one had a conversation with him about redistricting, the other is merely supposing -- is that he supports the idea of taking reapportionment power away from the legislature but is likely to be lukewarm at best about the particulars of this measure. McClintock actively campaigned for Prop. 77, Schwarzenegger's ill-fated redistricting initiative in 2005, and may prefer a concept more like that -- which used retired judges -- to the current initiative -- which establishes a citizens commission. Joe Mathews Irvine senior fellow, New America Foundation www.newamerica.net/blog/blockbuster-democracy/