Puerto Rico- moving towards statehood?

[Colin]

Lester Maddox, Phillip, have either of you ever been to Puerto Rico? If you have you will know that besides speaking Spanish, along with English, they are very Americanized and very culturally atuned to the United States. It would be no more different than Hawaii. Hawaii is culturally different from the rest of the United States but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be a state. I think Puerto Rico should become state number 51 and stop this limbo between statehood and independence.

[Colin]

ColinW, I'm not against Puerto Rican statehood. In fact, I'm more for it than against. I was just pointing out that not every territory should become a state.

I wouldn't want every territory to become a state either until they either decide they want to become a state or if the people of the United States feel that they should become a state. I do not think that American Samoa should become a state nor the Northern Marianas Islands but I do believe that Puerto Rico should become a state.