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June 05, 2008

Puerto Rico's impact on Democrats, Top Chef.

Hillary Clinton, despite low voter turn-out still won Puerto Rico. She was hoping for a bigger turn-out so she could give more gravitas to her argument she had the lion's share of the overall popular vote but Puerto Ricans - who control 63 delegates, more than 27 states - only provided a 16% turn-out because they have no representation in US government and they have no vote in the general election. There's no motivation. But as the primaries came to a close and every delegate counted, Puerto Rico, despite its opposition to statehood, almost played a key role in determining the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

Last night we watched the first part of the Top Chef: Chicago season finale. And as we're more than certain Puerto Rico is no part of Illinois we wonder why end a show, that's really only given lip service to Chicago at best this past season, as far as possible from the title city? If anything people in Chicago take their food very seriously, so why leave them as disenfranchised about the winner of their city's contest as Puerto Ricans are disenfranchised in the general election?

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