Bob McDonnell, the new Republican governor of Virginia, is of the views that come next year politicians will have to rethink about the Tenth Amendment and perhaps recheck the power balance between the state and that of federal governments.

The governor remains hopeful that the Republicans will be successful and have a good time in the governorship campaign. He is sure that majority of American States will be governed by Republicans come the redistricting next year. Governors play a key role in the redistricting process in 46 states, thus the winners of the gubernatorial elections will leave such a big mark in the political scene for ages.

Next year mark a redistricting year and politicians and leaders are expected to have good debates on federalism, balance of power and what the real meaning of the Tenth Amendment in modern time and if it remained relevant in its current form.

For starters this is the amendment, found in the constitution, that means the states rights are supreme and any law that is inconsistency with them is null and void to the extent of its inconsistency, even from the federal government.

The governor is adamant that every state should be given the space to have the policies it thinks are good for them as the state government find it impossible to know what is good for all the states.

Those who designed the federal system had the idea of having a government closer to the people but the practice is not satisfactory to most governors.
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