Republicans Smoke Pot Too

The Arizona GOP leadership has decided to go whole-hog against any initiative to legalize marijuana in 2016.  Many are pointing out that in 2010, Prop 203, the initiative to legalize medical marijuana won by just 4,340 votes.  They believe that if they can improve republican turnout just a little more, recreational marijuana can be defeated in 2016.

However, this school of thought forgets the circumstances surrounding the 2010 election.

2010 was a backlash election.  It was the first opportunity since the election of Obama for people to vote. Particularly in Arizona, but throughout both red and purple states, republicans won big. In Arizona, GOP turnout was quite high.  In fact, republicans won every statewide office in 2010 and in many of them, they won big.

The Root of Congressional Gridlock is the "Hastert Rule"

The Rebublican Party is causing dysfunctional gridlock in Congress.  While many of the "R's" are proud to wrap themselves in the Constitution, it is, in fact, the completely contrived and unconstitutional "Hastert Rule" that is the cause of this gridlock.