Puerto Rican Statehood

The editorial I chose is from the Washington Times and is about the possibility of making Puerto Rico an official state. It describes the bill currently under review in the house and provides the details of the possibility of putting statehood up for election for Puerto Ricans. The Democrats want it to become a state because it is largley democratic, but the people have recently voted to stay a commonwealth. The democrats have proposed a tricky vote to make the people of Puerto Rico and all former residents vote for remaining a commonwealth vs. statehood, independence, or a hybrid. The vote will be commonwealth vs. everything else and if commonwealth loses then the vote will be statehood vs, an unpopular option to force the people of PR to make itself a state. I think this is a very clever plan because the democrats want more power in congresss and the representatives of PR would help them gain such power since it would likely be a democratic state. It is unconstitutional because they are tricking the pople of the island into being a pawn for the democratic party. It isnt fair and if it passes in the House then the recent election to prevent a cloture vote will allow republicans to filibuster the bill.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/26/puerto-rican-run/