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In reply to the discussion: The Clinton legacy: How “tough-on-crime” politics built the world’s largest prison system [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)But here's a news flash: 4 states have already voted to fully legalize. It's quite likely that more states will be following in 2016, including California, with 34 Million people.
If that isn't enough, Colorado, with a well-established and working system for state-regulated legal marijuana, is very likely to be a crucial electoral swing state again.
A majority of Americans now favor legalization. Millennials- a larger generation than the boomers, with new members reaching voting age every day- DO consider it an important issue.
Ignoring it won't make it go away.
As for the IWR vote, it's facile to expect that it won't be an issue. It's no longer a dealbreaker for me, but it needs to be addressed.
Lastly, I haven't decided who I'm going to support in the primaries, but none of this is about me "not liking" Hillary Clinton. I've seen her speak publicly several times, starting with the Daley Center in Chicago in 1992, last time was the March for Womens Lives in DC in 2004. I like Hillary Clinton. But I still want Hillary Clinton to run a campaign where she takes bold decisive stands even on potentially contentious or controversial issues, i.e. leadership.