This TIME article explains why Hannity and Rove and their ilk are trying to create controversy about the next census.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1879667,00.html


This is the first time in 30 years that the census will be taken under a Democratic administration. The Republicans were so manipulative with the census in the past, they are afraid the Democrats will play the dirty tricks the GOP used. In '99, the Supreme Court ruled that statistical modeling could not be used. The Bush administration did not want statistical scientific modeling to improve the accuracy of the census. (typically anti-science)

"The 1990 Census missed an estimated 8 million people — mostly immigrants and urban minorities — and it managed to double-count 4 million white Americans."

"The redistricting that took place in Texas at Tom DeLay's urging following the 2000 census — which swung six congressional seats to the GOP — is just one example of how dramatically political fortunes can shift based on the use of those crucial numbers."