Reply #166: I still don't think that would work, unfortunately. [View All]

You're right about the media attacks, but the sad reality is that anything else Obama would want to accomplish would be totally overshadowed by the "He's selling drugs to our kids!" nutjobs/commentators. All the political agility in the world won't prevent those people from being heard.

I'm 30 myself, and I'm glad most people my age and younger are increasingly liberal, but the current climate won't allow this to happen. Senior citizens are the most reliable voters, and they do not favor legalization as a group. And no offense to my peers, but I'm not willing to bet they'd show up in enormous numbers for this. And the number of pro-pot Republicans and libertarians would be minimal.

Even going the decriminalization route is risky, but if Obama were to tackle the issue, he should start there. I think pot will be at least decriminalized by the time I reach your age, though.