Will Congress vote to allow Puerto Rico statehood?

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7. Republicans cannot vote against it unless they want to commit absolute suicide

As it stands, it only needs a simple majority vote in Congress in both chambers. Of course, the Tea Party wingnuts will oppose statehood, but with the demise of the Tea Party as a whole, too many republicans may be reticent to buck the tide. Therefore they should vote, and IN MY OPINION, this should be done AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, preferably before April. If they do that, then Puerto Rico can be admitted on July 4, 2013.

NOW...what will it mean?

It means SEVEN NEW PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS MEMBERS! 2 senators, and five congresspersons.

New US flag in a couple of years (the 51-state flag)

Because of the changes in the House, five representatives will have to be reapportioned out of existing states. As it stands now, those five states are California, Florida, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington.

Of those five states, it is certain that Texas will have to reapportion out a conservative district, as they cannot carve out any more liberals after the DeLay fiasco. This also has the added benefit of throwing other districts into a flux, which may even allow us to pick up an extra Democrat or two!

In addition, California just went supermajority in their legislature, which means they don't need apportionment judges and can create the districts on their own. They will most probably reapportion out a conservative district, eliminating another conservative. Finally, in Minnesota, reapportioning means they can get rid of Michele Bachmann once and for all, because while her district barely reelected her, adjoining districts are solidly in the blue column; hence reapportioning will undoubtedly make whatever district she is blue.

THIS SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. We must make a deal with Washington, and if necessary, Florida, for the loss of their democratic district, as well as reward California if they redistrict the conservative out. Nothing to Texas, however.

Viva Puerto Rico!! This is what our new flag will look like: