DC Voting Rights

[minionofmidas]

I agree, DC sould be given statehood.

The only reason you guys agree is because it would give the Democrats two more Senate seats...LOL

I've lived there...you don't want this city to provide ANYTHING to the Federal Government in terms of representation.

It's a scary plae, but that's no reason to screw them over.

Is it as scary as, say, Utah?

Okay, I got a compromise. Continue screwing over DC, but accord the same legal status to Utah.

[minionofmidas]

How about combining Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and the district, minus the Mall into a single state?

Why "minus the Mall"? Also, West Virginia, except the eastern panhandle, has very little in common with the other regions mentioned here, and would be better off fused with Kentucky and/or Ohio. Oh and New Castle County should be fused with Pennsylvania and South Jersey rather than with DC. But apart from that I like the proposal.