There are times when a President has to follow, rather than lead... [View all]

[kpete]

There are times when a President has to follow a subject, rather than leading on it.

He did this with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", and he is doing it with marijuana.

It's a good tactic.


FRI DEC 14, 2012 AT 06:54 AM PST

Obama: 'Doesn't make sense' for federal government to go after states that legalized marijuana

Said Obama: “We’ve got bigger fish to fry. It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it’s legal.”

VIDEO & MORE:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/president-obama-marijuana-users-high-priority-drug-war/story?id=17946783#.UMtCquRbapC
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019900150_apusobamalegalizingmarijuana.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/14/1169755/-Obama-Doesn-t-make-sense-for-federal-government-to-go-after-states-that-legalized-marijuana