Why I'm obsessed with winning the Senate - Matt Yglesias

[In It to Win It]

3. Let's say Puerto Rico became a state, it's not even a guarantee that Democrats would win

I think Puerto Rico would be competitive. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Puerto Rico is a largely centrist island. Puerto Rico would be a swing state at best. A Republican can win an island-wide election there.

Also, with regard to the solution he presented, I think there are nothing but bad options on the table for the reason you mentioned. However, doing nothing to try to change some minds also bad because we do need to expand our senate map. We went from a party that could win 60 seats to a party struggling to get 50 seats. At best, I can’t even imagine Democrats getting more than 52 and that requires we win seats from states that have a slight Republican lean, like Georgia, and all the tossup states. I wrote a post about it just after the election. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219690865