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Politics : The death of the Republican party

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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (25)	4/20/2008 9:57:34 AM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) of 45

How do you see the Democrats making medical marijuana an issue this fall? Won't it be scoffed at as a minor matter with energy prices going through the roof and a war for oil dragging on towards six years with no end in sight and an economy that is falling apart due to a mortgage lending system that went awry? I'm all for medical marijuana, but I think it's going to have to become legal on a local and state level before it becomes a national issue. The liberal state I live in, New Jersey, still hasn't legalized medical marijuana or even had a serious debate in our legistlature about its legalization. Same goes for liberal Democratic New York state (which really surprises me). If medical marijuana isn't gaining traction in liberal Democratic states, why would the Democrats want to make it a national issue in places like the South and MidWest that are far more conservative and less likely to respond to medical marijuana as a campaign issue? Like most elections, the 2008 national election, will be won in the center of the U.S. I don't see middle Americans rallying for medical marijuana. Maybe someday, but not in 2008 with some pretty large issues looming from energy prices to war to the economy.

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