Why will Spratt get redistricted out? With the Republicans gaining a seat, the smart thing to do would be to make the new seat safe Republican and keep Spratt's district as similar as possible so they can still win it when he retires.
Oh, right, "smart thing".
Because with the numbers as they are currently projected, it will be possible to draw two minority-majority districts in South Carolina come 2012, and it would require making the gerrymander even worse that it will be to include any part of York County where Spratt lives in either of them. The "smart thing" will be to ensure Spratt is in as Republican a district as possible so as to avoid Spratt using his incumbency power to win in 2012 and the Democrats picking up the new seat in the 2nd minority-majority district to give the state a 4-3 delegation instead of a 5-2 one.