[bill1952]

No. Many in PR do not consider themselves Hispanic at all.

They are a very blue state, and your statements are not in tune with the reality there.

As I posted before, spend some time in that entirely different culture.
Its not like a little American state far away. Period.

As for it being a GOP state? Ridiculous.

[cll]

"spend some time in that entirely different culture"

Spend some time there? I live "there", or here. What's so different about "our" culture? It is "your" culture as well.

And I'm writing this as I'm finishing my night-cap of a Johnny Walker Black, on my Dell PC, while listening to Fox News on the TV, and to Luke Stricklin's cd on my iPod at the same time, while sitting in my jammies next to an open window feeling a wonderful 76 degree ocean breeze, ready to go to bed to then get on my Harley 1200 Sporty to go to work tomorrow. God Bless America!

Good Night!

[AuH2ORepublican]

Residents of Puerto Rico have never voted for Democrats or Republicans, and your assumption that they would vote Democrat seems to be based on the fact that (mostly low-income) children and grandchildren of Puerto Ricans in NYC and Chicago vote Democrat for President. But have you noticed that the Irish and Italians and Poles and just about every other ethnicity in NYC and Chicago votes Democrat for President? While Florida Puerto Ricans (who are for the most part recent transplants from the Island) voted for Gore in 2000, they voted for Jeb in 2002 and seem poised to make the GOP their permanent home, since they are for the most part very culturally conservative and understand the importance of the War on Terror.

BTW, if Puerto Rico were to become a state, it would rank 25th in population and would elect 2 Senators and 6 Representatives. I have no idea who would get elected at first---probably likeable politicians who had previously run under the local party labels---but within a few years I think you'd find that Puerto Rican voters are very similar to those in Louisiana: Very conservative on social issues, more liberal on economic issues, very pro-military and very protectionist of local industries. Pollster Frank Luntz found that voters in Puerto Rico ranked as very conservative on every social issue that he asked about except the death penalty (where the Catholic tradition leads most people to oppose it, although not as much as they used to). If I had to guess, I would say that 20 years after Puerto Rico is admitted as a state it will have 1 Republican and 1 Democrat Senator and 3 Republican and 3 Democrat Representatives.