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California Democratic Party punts on potent politics of pot policy

By Douglas A. Berman

This Los Angeles Times piece, headlined "California Democratic Party decides not to endorse marijuana legalization initiative," reports on the latest interesting political move in the state with the most robust on-going debate on pot policy. Here are the basics: The state Democratic Party decided Sunday not to endorse the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot after a swift, passionate debate that left little doubt most Democrats in the hotel meeting room intend to vote yes at the polls. The party decided to adopt a neutral position on Proposition 19, leaving the many local Democratic committees and organizations free to endorse the measure. Advocates for an endorsement cited many reasons to back the initiative, but opponents pressed one overriding concern: a yes vote could damage statewide candidates in competitive races...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).