Comments on: Medical Marijuana Initiative Holds Huge Lead in Massachusetts

By: sapphirebulletsofpurelove

sapphirebulletsofpurelove — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:16:00 +0000

1. Pot is non-partisan.

2. She isn’t attaching herself to this issue for example in a way that would help her. Her balking also could be taken as one more tell that she won’t be as much of a representative of the 99% as has been suggested.

I know many republicans who support legalizing pot.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:02:44 +0000

:) Seriously Jane does Elizabeth have problems as a candidate a sex scandal, corruption charges, a Mitt Romney style of not answering debate questions and the Press?
Maybe Obama is just not that popular in Massachusetts and Obama is bringing Elizabeth down Massachusetts is a very Blue State and Obama is Right of Nixon, Right of the majority of voters on the most important issues to voters like taxing the rich more, Government should create jobs, SS and Medicare should never have been cut etc.
If however Elizabeth has no negatives to explain her numbers then we must conclude that her stance on pot is why she is losing.
Because I just don’t see where pot heads would find the 58% support they have from the Republican party.

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:50:43 +0000

Elizabeth is five points down in the polls and pot is 31 points up. What are Elizabeth’s negatives why can’t she get the numbers pot does?

ROFLMAO

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:30:09 +0000

that according to recent figures, U.S. consumers number anywhere from 25 million to 60 million (depending on how likely survey respondents are to tell the whole truth), and at an average cost of $5 per cigarette (and factoring in one per day for each user), total spending on marijuana may add up to $45 billion to $110 billion a year.

What about possible tax revenue? From Canada we’ve learned that the production cost of (government-sponsored) marijuana is roughly 33¢ a gram. Currently, U.S. marijuana consumers pay at least $10 per gram retail for illegal marijuana. If the cost of retailing and distribution is the same as for legal tobacco cigarettes, about 10¢ a gram, then selling the (legal) product at exactly the same price as on the street today ($10 per gram) could raise $40 billion to $100 billion in new revenue.

http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2010/03/legalize_mariju.html

My Bold I still think in this economy the issue of taxing pot should be our focus. Tax Pot and create jobs!

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:24:34 +0000

Is Elizabeth the problem or are there other states where pot is on the ballot and pot is doing better than an anti pot Dem?
I am not saying pot is a winning issue nationally but in states where we have pot up for a vote is Pot more popular than anti pot Dems?

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:22:27 +0000

On Monday, it has been reported by The State House News Service that Candidate for US Senate, Elizabeth Warren “dodged” a question on the MA Medical Marijuana Initiative and then said she does not support “wholesale” marijuana legalization.

http://www.zimbio.com/Legalization+of+Marijuana/articles/mRtMJ6mSgo7/Elizabeth+Warren+continues+weak+cannabis+reform

08/21/2012 3:24 PM
Elizabeth Warren stepped up her attacks against Scott Brown over women’s issues today as a new poll showed her trailing the Republican senator by five points.

http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/08/21/scott-brown-ahead-elizabeth-warren-new-poll/R77R8RRwC630bmsXZqDyjO/story.html

Elizabeth is five points down in the polls and pot is 31 points up. What are Elizabeth’s negatives why can’t she get the numbers pot does?