Dems need a young(er) nominee in 2020

[Warren DeMontague]

137. I don't discount the voters in the East- it's the leadership where the disconnect is.

Florida is actually a perfect example. Amendment 2 passed with, as you point out, over 70% support- a pretty clear message of the will of the electorate, no?

And how has the legislature worked in regards to implementation? By making it as difficult as humanly possible for patients to actually obtain marijuana, in reality. At first they wanted to push it through in such a way that would effectively eliminate any reasonable availability of said marijuana- not just smokeable form but also edibles and vapable extracts, leaving... what?

Massachusetts is another example. Here you have a state that voted for recreational legalization, as numerous other states have done. Compare the behavior of the Mass. legislature - who have done everything they can to delay implementation of that initiative and otherwise thrown up as many roadblocks as possible, to what transpired in Oregon after Measure 91 passed in 2014. In Oregon, the legislature and the governor recognized immediately that "hey, this is what the citizenry want" and began on day one to work on implementing early limited recreational sales through existing medical dispensaries, in the process starting the tax revenue stream flowing as well. Oregon had little or no trouble meeting the deadline for full implementation of regulation, testing, licensing at all, so "we just need more time" is bullshit and stalling.

It's like night and day. And unfortunately it's not limited to one party.