(11-06-2020, 10:54 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-06-2020, 08:59 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Clarify your point. The point I am making is that, in a nation so closely divided, adding one state that leaned a particular way could be a breaking point. You know, kind of like the controversy that started the last Civil War. If we add Puerto Rico, add a conservative territory. Not that it will matter in a few years. Dems will send in their community organizers to show the locals how oppressed they are.

The nation was closely divided in 1889.  Democrats had power in Congress in 1888 and there was gridlock.  The Republicans prevailed in both chambers in Congress in the 1888 elections.  The Dakota territory, Montana Territory, and Washington territory were all applying for admission.  They all figured to send Republicans to the Senate at the time. In 1889, not only did they all get in, the Dakotas were actually split in two to get more Senators.  And no "Democrat leaning" state was offered as compensation or consolation.  The Democrats were ticked about it, sure, but they didn't threaten any new civil war.
The "Missouri compromise" logic you're applying, it's nice, I'm attracted to that logic as well, but it doesn't line up with a good chunk of US history, and we dont need to use it today.
Besides, I want to see the Republicans try to compete in PR.  Don't let the Dems take those new seats for granted.
Once you get over the language barrier, you will find that Puerto Ricans like concealed carry weapons, traditional family structure, baseball, boxing, and cockfighting. They have a lot in common with your stereotypical southern redneck, and we will be a better country when those rednecks realize that.