That throws two Senators up for the highest bid. Cuba, anyone?
Of course, I’d be content to see the Senate at 98. Or even zero.
The way I see it:
NATION 1: Vermont, Ontario, the Maritime Provinces and Nunavut, and any other New England states that would like to join.
NATION 2: Quebec
NATION 3: Mexico, Puerto Rico, New Mexico
NATION 4: California, Western Washington, Western Oregon, Southwestern British Columbia, Hawaii.
NATION 5: The rest of the United States, plus Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and whatever they call the rest of the Northwestern Territories, after they carved Nunavut out of them.