Posted on 09/04/2015 6:06:42 AM PDT by cll
MIAMI — Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens but can't vote for president. Yet Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton are campaigning there, following two other 2016 White House hopefuls.
Why the journey? Despite its crimped political clout, Puerto Rico is seen as one path to presidential victory. Five million Puerto Ricans live on the U.S. mainland, including nearly 1 million in the key swing state of Florida, and they care about what happens back on the island.
Rubio is coming Friday for a fundraiser in San Juan and a rally in Santurce. Clinton plans an event the same day in San Juan about reversing what her campaign calls the U.S. territory's economic decline and its health care crisis. She soundly defeated Barack Obama in Puerto Rico's 2008 primary. The territory casts votes in the party primaries and sends small numbers of delegates to the party conventions.
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Just promise them “more free stuff” and the fix will be in....
Q: Why do Puerto Ricans have such a low suicide rate?
A: You can't jump out of basement windows..
I’m somewhat surprised that Caliph Baraq didn’t issue an executive order making PR the 51st state.
Two perpetually locked in D senators would be quite valuable.
Fifty-seven state salute.
Correction:
Puerto Rican voters prized by Democrats, RINO-CRATS
Fixed it
[ I’m somewhat surprised that Caliph Baraq didn’t issue an executive order making PR the 51st state.
Two perpetually locked in D senators would be quite valuable. ]
Who the hell would challenge him..... the crickets on capital hill????
Being a brilliant Constitutional scholar, I’m sure Baraq could easily justify some way to make it happen!
What a horrible headline. It’s as if they’re referring to farm animals.
“Hey, there, everybody! Who wants to see my Prized Puerto Rican? I keep him out in the barn with my Award-Winning Hog and my Champion Bull!””
My thoughts exactly.
Further proof that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference.
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