12th Congressional District race highlighted in a Washington Post article

A Washington Post article discusses how the combination of Republican firepower, Democratic miscues and a controversial Texas redistricting plan virtually assures the continuation of GOP rule in the U.S. House.

The first two paragraphs of the article:

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- If ever a congressional district was tailor-made for Democrats, it is Georgia's 12th -- a long, narrow stretch of southeastern Georgia where Al Gore won 57 percent of the vote in 2000 and African Americans make up 42 percent of the population.

Yet Republican Max Burns, a former college professor and county commissioner, snatched the seat two years ago after making an issue of his Democratic opponent's shoplifting record. Now Democratic challenger John Barrow is struggling to dislodge Burns in one of the closest House races in the country.