For more on redistricting politics and President Trump marking six months in office, we're

joined now by our Politics Monday duo.

That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

Always great to see you both.

Good to be here.

So we just heard the former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke endorse partisan gerrymandering amid redistricting battles in Texas.

Amy, there are Democrats who say this is a bad practice.

It's not something that Democrats should emulate this mid-decade redistricting,

but they warn it's the party's only chance to flip the lower chamber

and potentially be a check on President Trump.

That's right.

What are your takeaways?

This is really a fascinating time for the Democratic Party.

And I thought the former congressman summed it up pretty well when he said the division within the party right now is between those who are sort of acquiescing or doing things, status quo, and those who are standing up and fighting.

And the question is, how much

stomach do voters and democratic leaders have for a fight? In California, if the governor were

to try to redistrict, it's going to be very challenging. He either goes to the legislature,

have the legislature, which is obviously heavily Democratic,

draw those new lines, which they will be sued because right now it is in the Constitution

that an independent redistricting commission draws those lines.

So take the risk of getting the courts to throw it out.

Or you go to voters, which is how this got on the ballot

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