This week Puerto Rico’s Governor was arrested on charges of misuse of campaign funds and conspiring with US contractors for deals with his administration, in exchange for favors. This comes as a huge blow for Barack Obama, who had the support of the Governor and his super delegate vote.
But what’s more important is what direction the country will now go regarding statehood. The current Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila was a member of the pro commonwealth Democratic Party, and is supported by Barack Obama. The second major political party in Puerto Rico is the New Progressive Party, which favors statehood, and is supported by Hillary Clinton. What this could mean for Puerto Rico is that if Obama louses the political support of Puerto Rico because of the loss of the most visible Obama supporter on the island, and Clinton wins the election, then we could see a push for statehood led by the NPP and supported by Clinton, which would of course alter the very political fabric of Puerto Rico.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-prgov0328.artmar28,0,3198797.story
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Wow I did not know that this had just happened. This is crazy and it ties in with my blog as well. It looks like Obama will not even have a little bit of a chance for winning Puerto Rico, because through my research, he wasnt as popular as Clinton there in the first place, he just was powerful there only due to his newly attributed support by the Governor of Puerto Rico. However now that he has been arrested and is shown as corrupt, than for sure no body will want to vote for Obama.
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