Better get a Democrat elected in 2008. Then hope that he/she has a successful first term. Reallocation of house seats, and therefore electoral college votes, is likely to create the net effect of the loss of one mid-sized blue state. Based on the projections of EDS and Polidata, I quickly and unscientifically break down the allocation shifts.

Clearly bad: Texas +4, Arizona +2, N.C. +1, S.C. +1, Georgia +1, Utah +1; New York -2, Mass. -1, California -1, New Jersey -1, Pennsylvania -1, Michigan -1, Illinois -1, Minnesota -1.

Maybe good: Nevada+1, Oregon+1; Ohio -2

Impact unclear: Florida +2; Iowa -1, Missouri -1, Louisiana -1

The impact on the makup of the House is less obvious, because we may be shifting some red districts in blue states for newer, bluer districts in a few red or swing states. But in terms of the electoral college, this clearly argues that the Democrats are going to have to make inroads into the South or Southwest in the next few cycles.