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				 Re: OT:  Strange future for down-under? 
 Well, I don't remember the exact rule for House of Representatives.  California has a population around thirty-five million, and has around fifty-three Congressional Districts.  Australia has, as a whole, a population under twenty million, so if the proportion is simply the same Australia would end up with thirty representatives.  Not exactly a powerful bloc, but a bloc nonetheless.
 And would the Australian political parties join an already established American political party, or would they just support a U.S. party on national issues (like presidential campaigns, Federal Bills, or Federal Court Justices) as it suited them?
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