For one thing it takes a constitutional admendment which is time consuming and takes a lot of effort. Turning DC over to Virginia or Maryland takes merely an act by congress. That is MUCH easier and quicker. While we're at it I am all for turning PR, Guam or any other US territories that we have into states if they want to be. The problem with DC is that it is just a city and as such too small.
I tend to suppose that the fact that the Federal capital is within a particular state has some disadvantage, giving that state something more that equal footing with the others. Or at least I can see a lot of people looking at it that way; I kinda recall that there was a similar line of reasoning behind the creation of DC. Most Federal unions in the world have some form of Federal District where the capital is, after all. Of course, in most Federal unions the people of that district DO have full federal representation from what I gather.
My understanding of the matter is that states are the
source of representation in the American system, in a way somewhat similar to the way the nation (whatever it exactly means) supposedly is in Europe. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Oh, well, this is not the correct thread to discuss this anyway.