Hell no! That would be a guaranteed two extra Dem senators (and they would be as far to the left as it gets) and another one or two seats in the House. A recent Gallup poll found D.C. to be the most liberal part of the country.

Via HuffPo:

Cory Booker won some friends in Washington on Friday.

After some prodding, the New Jersey Democrat tweeted his support for making D.C. the 51st state.

D.C. “shadow senator” Paul Strauss (D) tweeted his thanks to the New Jersey senator, who was born in Washington. Strauss describes himself as “D.C.’s elected non-voting U.S. senator”; some characterize the position as akin to an elected lobbyist.

Strauss told HuffPost “we always knew it would be when, not if” Booker came out in favor of this long-standing cause.

“It’s not like we got the ranking Republican from Oklahoma to turn around,” he said, referring to Jim Inhofe, who, with other members of the GOP, has traditionally been opposed to statehood for the District.

But Booker isn’t the only one.