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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR

First and most importantly, even if they succeed to seceed from Colorado they won't automatically become a state. They will first have to apply for statehood with the federal government. Surely the feds in all their wisdom will not move quickly, likely saying something like, prove you are worthy of becoming a state. They do have guidelines on what it take to become a state (it's late and I don't feel like looking them up), so no doubt they will take the opportunity to flaunt that authority sine none of them (currently serving) has ever had the chance.

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

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It's no dumber than Statehood for DC.

A few thoughts:

(a) The Colorado secessionist wannabes have full-fledged representation in Congress. DC dwellers do not.

(b) DC has more people than several states.

(c) All that said, I do understand the skepticism of elevating a single city to statehood. A better approach might be to return the land to Maryland. (Virginia got its share back ages ago.) Whether Maryland would want us is another question, of course. The notion that the federal government needs its own plot of land, separate from any state, is an idea whose time has gone. Indeed, some of the most sensitive agencies (DOD, CIA, NSA) do just fine outside the District.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

hate to break it to you, but ohaha is right about how many we have, just like dybya was right when he said the constitution is nothing more than a god damned piece of paper.

he used the word state in a different sense than you are accustomed to hearing it.

the real problem here is that news, media, education comes in tiers. you have those who get it from tv, college, and finally years of hard research. Each with completely different perspectives. he dumped a yale perspective you.