64% of Americans think pot should be legalized. So I doubt that Sessions's new policy

[pnwmom]

will help the party's prospects in November.


10/25/17

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/357053-poll-64-percent-of-americans-support-legalizing-marijuana

A new Gallup poll shows growing support for marijuana legalization, with 64 percent of Americans now in favor of the measure.

The number is the highest level of support in nearly half a century of surveying adults on the issue, according to Gallup. Support has steadily increased in recent years, with the latest figure up 4 percentage points over last year and up 14 points from 2011.

[PoliticAverse]

1. If only the 2016 Democratic nominee had supported legalization. n/t

[pnwmom]

3. She supported Obama's policy, which was working out well. n/t

[duforsure]

4. She missed that opportunity, and it cost her some votes.

Will the Democrats make that mistake again?

[PoliticAverse]

5. If Sessions starts cracking down on state pot users there's a great opportunity for Democrats...

to take the lead on this issue.

[still_one]

2. I wouldn't count on anything after a racist, sexist and bigot was elected in 2016, and every

Democrat running for Senate in those critical swing states in 2016 lost to the incumbent, establishment, republican.

Of course I hope you are right pnwmom, but I am not sure if the legalization of weed make or break situation for them. I would have thought that if nothing else a woman's right to choose would have been paramount in 2016, but it appears the Supreme Court wasn't high on their list of importance

Sorry for my negativity, and I hope my cynicism gets thrown right back at me that I am full of it.

If we actually win both houses of Congress in 2018, I will be convinced that people have awaken