Yeah, that's not gonna go anywhere.
On the upside, the feds continue to take a hands-off approach to the will of the states, and things have gotten soo much better over the past 10 years. We (NH) finally decriminalized <0.75 oz; I can only hope recreational is pushed through in the next 2 years, especially considering MA and ME already did it.
Like everything Cory Booker does, a shrewd publicity stunt that will lead to precisely zero policy outcomes.
Hope you get a nice photo-op out of it, though!
(P.S. You will never be President.)
What has the AG gotta do with it? There's nothing he can do if it becomes the law of the land.Not going anywhere under this AG but ok.
We've got a lot in the wings so far. Booker, Kamala Harris, Al Franken, Tulsi Gabbard, maaaaybe Keith Ellison. All of them are gonna be relative newcomers to the spotlight compared to 4 years of Trump so that's a big advantage on our side.Whens the last time the Dems had a clown car. 2004? Don't remember 2008 being much outside of Obama, Clinton and Biden.
Not going anywhere under this AG but ok.
He wouldn't even have a say, would he?
He's in charge of enforcing the laws others create.
He wouldn't even have a say, would he?
He's in charge of enforcing the laws others create.
Christ please do not let it be Tulsi. I'm no Booker fan but I'd take him any day of the week.We've got a lot in the wings so far. Booker, Kamala Harris, Al Franken, Tulsi Gabbard, maaaaybe Keith Ellison. All of them are gonna be relative newcomers to the spotlight compared to 4 years of Trump so that's a big advantage on our side.
Marijuana legalization is one of the biggest hypocrisies of the GOP. If they really were about the free market and less government they should be all over it. It gets the bonus of adding a shit load of tax revenue that could allow them to cut their rich buddies taxes safely. But nope, just shows what's really driving the GOP.
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I will never understand why Obama was so against pushing for legalization.
I will never understand why Obama was so against pushing for legalization.
We've got a lot in the wings so far. Booker, Kamala Harris, Al Franken, Tulsi Gabbard, maaaaybe Keith Ellison. All of them are gonna be relative newcomers to the spotlight compared to 4 years of Trump so that's a big advantage on our side.
Yes. This. Repubs did that and hurt Dems badly in obamas second termBetter to push this stuff now. About time we start pushing a lot of platform issues during the midterms. Healthcare, and even this bill would have benefits. It's not going anywhere but it could help mobilize.
My guess would be Harris, Franken, and Ellison don't run and Gabbard, if she runs, drops out early having won nothing. My guess would be Cuomo runs, my guess would be Booker runs. My guess would be Gillibrand and Klobuchar run. I suspect Tim Kaine will, if Mark Warner doesn't. I would guess you have a handful of governors -- maybe Kate Brown, maybe John Hickenlooper, maybe Terry McAuliffe. Maybe Biden (although I don't think he should). Maybe Chris Murphy. Martin Heinrich. Sherrod Brown I think said he wasn't but I think he might.
But honestly I'm a lot more interested in who the Republican nominee will be. My guess is Kasich, but Cory Gardner, Brian Sandoval, and Greg Abbott all look good to me.
Marijuana legalization is one of the biggest hypocrisies of the GOP. If they really were about the free market and less government they should be all over it. It gets the bonus of adding a shit load of tax revenue that could allow them to cut their rich buddies taxes safely. But nope, just shows what's really driving the GOP.
I will never understand why Obama was so against pushing for legalization.
Spoiler: it'll be Trump.
Seniority is so important in the Senate, they have a great, easy job.
Dems should push this as loudly and repeatedly as the republicans did with healthcare repeal. It's a winnng issue and the republicans can't move to the left to counter it.
Obama was a really procedural guy who liked to slowball things. Remember he spent his first term dragging his heels on DADT repeal to make sure the military jumped through all the right hoops in terms of study. It's only around late 2011 that he started getting a little louder on justice reform, LBGT issues, and immigration, and he was hamstrung most of his second term by not having any congressional support.
If you are that confident, you're leaving money on the table. PredictIt (correctly IMHO) has him at about a 50% chance of being the nominee in 2020. Remember that reasons he would not be the nominee could include: Impeachment, voluntary resignation, declining to run again, running again and losing a primary challenge, or death. If you disagree, though, you can make a lot of money because there's tons of liquidity in the betting line. Looks like you could make around $3,000 pretty easily without soaking up all the liquid positions by going long.
But running for president doesn't cost them their Senate seat and the profile raise might benefit their committee assignments after they lose.
But then it would take precious money from prisons!
But Marijuana makes it so easy to put brown people behind bars.
Working on getting that young vote for his inevitable 2020 presidential run.
He will be our next president. He is the closest thing we have to Obama.
They know it would put them outta work it's wildly ignorant when they don't have the same issues with people on opioids than they ever would with weedIt's funny, when they were trying to legalize medical marijuana here in Florida (and passed but the state is holding it up because fuck your votes that's why!) the main campaigners against it was the fucking police. Everytime you turned around the sheriff was on tv in an ad fearmongering and lying his fucking ass off. "Anyone can get scripts, your kids will get it easy, doctors will be handing it out like candy". The biggest counter campaign against them? The fucking lawyers, couldn't believe I was cheering for lawyers during that. The cops stooped so low they had an ad running showing Halloween and saying if the bill passed people were going to be handing out pot candy to your kids at Halloween. Come the fuck on, if you got pot candy why the fuck would you waste it like that?
Booker is a half-fraud.
1. He was buddy buddy with Sessions right up to his AG confirmation hearing.
2. He takes campaign funding from Pharmas and voted against Bernie Sander's Prescription Drug bill.
I just can't take him seriously.
1. He was buddy buddy with Sessions right up to his AG confirmation hearing.
That's generally what happens when pharmaceuticals are one of the largest industries in your state. It's not a good look, but like Sherrod Brown gets a ton of funding from the Ohio AG industries. Local industries funding candidates always seemed par the course.
its kinda strange to criticize gop senators for being "deeply concerned" but voting in line with the party anyway while calling out a dem senator for being "buddy buddy" with Sessions but in the end voted no to his AG appointment
seems contradictory
its kinda strange to criticize gop senators for being "deeply concerned" but voting in line with the party anyway while calling out a dem senator for being "buddy buddy" with Sessions but in the end voted no to his AG appointment
seems contradictory
Wait... why are we ignoring Warren? I believe she has the best chance of beating Trump or whoever in 2020. Sadly Bernie and Biden probably won't run again, although I think Biden still wants to be president.
Wait... why are we ignoring Warren? I believe she has the best chance of beating Trump or whoever in 2020. Sadly Bernie and Biden probably won't run again, although I think Biden still wants to be president.
It's usually detrimental when running for re-election. Brown, for example, will have very difficult time convincing the voters of Ohio that he's looking out for their interests if he's also about to run for President. Hillary was handcuffed in 08 because of it. It's dumb, but common.