If Republicans Really Want to Be Representative ...

If the number of Republican U.S. House members should reflect the voting population of Texas as Gov. Perry and Tom DeLay maintain, then shouldn't there be a proportionate number of women, blacks, seniors, and Hispanics in the Republican congressional delegation?
    In 1990 the racial/ethnic population in Texas was reported as being: 62.8% white, 25.5% Hispanic, and 11.7% black. The figure for Texans who are 60-plus years of age was around 13%. All these minority groups should have grown considerably since then. It has been reported that U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has recently lobbied that hurricanes should be named more in accordance with racial distribution to reflect our multicultural makeup and not just white names.
    So, how about it? If there are too many congressmen over 60 years old, some of them will definitely have to be reproportioned out of office. Some will have to go to make room for the Hispanic representatives and the blacks and women as well. We can then start to have our U.S. congressional delegation really reflect the voters of Texas. Hey, that Gov. Perry is a genius.