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FreeJoe

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6. It won't happen

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:03 PM

Nov 2012

I don't see any way that it would get through without bipartisan support. Given that it would almost certainly be a solid blue state, the Republicans will never agree to it. The only way to make it happen is to pair it with another state to even out the political consequences. I can't think of any pro-Repbulican territories considering statehood. Guam? The Virgin Islands? Afghanistan? Maybe split Texas into West Texas and East Texas (or Right Wing Texas and Far Right Wing Texas).

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