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Sports Handicapper Gambles on Becoming President
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 4) -- Now that the Democrats have suffered a historic defeat on election day, a sports handicapper is doubling down on his goal of becoming President in 2012. Wayne Allyn Root is a well-known Vegas sports handicapper and the current front runner to be the Libertarian Party's nominee for the 2012 presidential race after being the running mate to 2008 nominee Bob Barr. He may seem a long shot, but Root believes that enough Americans would embrace the Libertarian philosophy if they were exposed to it -- and to him. Richard Faverty Sports handicapper Wayne Allyn Root is considering a run ...
Who or What to Blame for Prop. 19's Epic Fail?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 3) -- Californians are just going to have to face the facts and smoke weed the old-fashioned way -- with a medical prescription. That's because the heavily publicized Proposition 19 -- a ballot initiative to effectively legalize recreational marijuana for Californians age 21 and older -- failed Tuesday. Proponents of Proposition 19 campaigned on the notion that legalizing marijuana would significantly benefit California's budget by generating tax revenues and reducing state spending on marijuana prohibition. Advocates also claimed that legalization would significantly curb Mexican ...
Older Californians Not So Keen to Legalize Pot, Exit Polls Suggest
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 2) -- Is Proposition 19 going up in smoke because of older voters? Early exit poll results show that the voter initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana use for people 21 and older is facing some stiff resistance from Californians over the age of 39. The Sacramento Bee reports that voters between the ages of 18 and 39 narrowly voiced support for Proposition 19 in exit polls taken today, while voters 40 and older signaled they had voted against the measure. That finding would seem to contradict recent surveys showing that the number of Americans from the baby boom ...
George Soros Gives $1 Million to Back Legalized-Marijuana Ballot Measure
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyCalifornia's marijuana legalization measure, Proposition 19, got a deep-pocketed supporter this week when billionaire George Soros announced a $1 million gift to boost the pro-pot ballot initiative. "Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws," Soros wrote in an op-ed piece Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal. The liberal financier and philanthropist was also a backer of the 1996 measure that legalized ...
The Color of Legalized Pot? California's Prop 19 Ignites Intraracial Tension
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 26) -- We all know the stereotypes: Opponents of marijuana are people with short hair, khaki pants and light skin who like a good amount of mayonnaise on their white bread, and supporters are... pretty much everyone else. But in California, as everywhere else, the racial lines are blurry, and old stereotypes might prove a poor predictor of how the various populations in the nation's largest, most diverse state will vote when it comes to Proposition 19. As November draws near, there are increasing signs that race will play an important role in the upcoming vote on whether to legalize ...
Calif. Marijuana Vote Could Lead to Haze of Complications
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 25) -- Blood-shot eyes are on California as it prepares to vote on Proposition 19 and possibly become the first state in the union to allow the legalization of marijuana. But even if the state legalizes cannabis for personal use, it will remain illegal in the eyes of the federal government, and the complications surrounding those issues have prompted some critics to call the proposition a "jumbled legal nightmare," according to the Los Angeles Times. California distributors, producers and users of marijuana have been doing a delicate dance with the federal government ever since medical ...
Facebook Co-Founders Friend Pro-Pot Measure
By not in system - AOL News
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 8) -- California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana has a new friend: Facebook co-founder Sean Parker has given $100,000 to back the proposal. Parker's donation was reported in Proposition 19 campaign finance filings this week. And he's not the first big Proposition 19 donor with ties to the social networking site. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz gave $20,000 to the campaign and has contributions $70,000 overall. Neither Parker nor Moskovitz are still with Palo Alto-based Facebook, but both still have ownership stakes. Recent estimates put the value of the ...
Democrats Try to Fire Up Stoner Vote
By Dave Thier - AOL News
(Oct. 6) -- Marijuana users are not famous for being motivated to do much of anything, but the Democrats are hoping they might be able to draw them to the polls in 2012 with the alluring scent of legal weed. In California, some pollsters are saying that Democrats are experiencing a boost from young voters motivated by Proposition 19, California's marijuana legalization initiative, on the ballot in November. Strategists are considering pushing for similar initiatives in 2012 for battleground states like neighboring Colorado and Nevada in an effort to motivate a typically apathetic but largely ...
CBS News Cites 'Family Guy' Dog in Marijuana Report
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI would really love to get some of what this CBS reporter was smoking:(CBS) On yesterday's episode of Fox's animated sitcom "Family Guy," one of the main characters - a dog named Brian - is arrested for possession of marijuana. He subsequently goes on a mission to legalize the drug, at one point earnestly arguing that it is only outlawed because William Randolph Hearst wanted to keep hemp production from hurting his paper interests in the 1930s. Yes, the argument was articulated by an animated dog. And yes, the response from one of the other characters was, well, a fart. But still: Last ...
Kennedy to Write New Drug Policy Law
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had a chance to interview Patrick Kennedy (D- RI) at a fundraiser over the weekend, and one of the things I asked him about was the logic behind Eric Holder's recent shift on marijuana policy. As I've noted before, there is overwhelming public support for legalizing medical marijuana, and decriminalizing its non-medical use.As you'll see in this clip, Kennedy says he will be writing a law reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy, with an eye toward decriminalization: ...
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