For Obama to lay out this decree so close to the next election cycle just shows how much he thinks he needs to jockey for position next year. Obama really doesn't need to do anything to get re-elected next year. It would probably be best for him to do nothing and just let the GOP shoot themselves in the foot, I mean they are such a mess right now. They still don't know who they are going to put up against Obama.

I'm curious though about his 180 though. I mean to go out and say medical marijuana should not become a federal issue and then to drop the hammer down on the industry. Obviously he getting pressure from somewhere, but is it coming from polls about the issue or from the DEA itself fighting for it's own self-preservation.