Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton has announced how a Clinton administration would deal with Puerto Rico's political status. In a recent press release the Clinton campaign stated that "since the United States took Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico’s leaders all have wanted a form of government that provides for Puerto Rico’s national laws to be democratically determined and implemented, although they have disagreed on the options. The issue is one of basic democracy and self-determination. All people are entitled to a representative form of government at all levels. Hillary also strongly believes that Puerto Rico should have the status that a majority of its people want from among all of the options. As President, from Day One, she will make it a personal priority to work with all factions -- advocates of the present status of the Commonwealth, statehood, independence, and national sovereignty in free association with the United States -- and with leaders of Congress -- and without any preference among the options -- to enable the question of Puerto Rico’s status to finally be resolved."

Recently, Presidential candidate Barack Obama also released his position on the Puerto Rico status issue. Much like the Obama position, the Clinton campaign has made the age-old mistake of including the problem as a potential solution to the Puerto Rico status dilemma, namely the so-called "Commonwealth" option.

As of yet, the McCain campaign has not stated where it stands with regards to Puerto Rico's political status. One can hope that at least one candidate seeks to trully resolve the Puerto Rico status impasse...time will tell.