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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by drxzcl on Sunday October 01, 2017 @04:32AM (#15376930)
No republican is going to add a few million safely Democratic votes to Florida. Unfortunately that’s the kind of world we live in.
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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by jcadam on Sunday October 01, 2017 @03:50PM (#15379451)
Solution: Divide Florida into two states (North and South). Give Puerto Rico to South Florida. Puerto Rico has much more in common (culturally) with South Florida anyway.

North Florida is heavily republican, South Florida is heavily democrat.

Status Quo is maintained.

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Re:Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only by thekevan on Monday October 02, 2017 @02:02AM (#15381978)
Newt Ginrich has for years said it should be the people of PR who have the referendum and decide. While he was Speaker, he pushed a bill that allowed a referendum to be called for.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/mitt-romney-new...

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