[Mr. Jeeves]

Why would Democrats concede to going from a situation where a state has 2 Democrat Senators, to having the same area on the map suddenly have 2 Democrat Senators and 2 Republican Senators?

A new state needs to be created. Take the existing State of Jefferson proposal and add Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington.

Actually, we need about fifty new states for more accurate representation. Every major metro area needs to be expelled into statehood.

[PermaRag]

“A new state needs to be created. Take the existing State of Jefferson proposal and add Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington.”

I like the idea, but anything which increases Republican representation in the House or Senate and/or detracts from liberal representation is a non-starter. Now if it were the other way around, they’d force it through by the end of the week.