Compactness is only one factor to consider in the redistricting process.  For the Democrats to come out with a more compact plan just before apportionment commission approval, shows their true agenda of partisanship.  If Rinck really wanted to increase the number of Democrats, he would have expanded the number of commissioners.  He knew he couldn't do that in today's economic climate.  Also, just because a plan is more compact and has less deviation, doesn't mean the apportionment commission has to adopt that plan.  The approved plan and Rinck's plan both meet criteria.  That is all the State and the Courts care about.

The Dems need to go find something else better to do than to pretend to tilt at windmills for groups they aren't truly protecting.