Obama and Romney Cant Ignore Marijuana AnymoreScott Morgan Voters in this presidential battleground state wont just decide whether to go red or blue this fall but also green as in marijuana. Whether to legalize marijuana will be on the Colorado ballot in November. President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney have identical stances on pot legalization they oppose it. And neither is comfortable talking about it. Yet Obama and Romney find themselves unwittingly ensnared in the legalization debate and both may want to take it more seriously if their race in Colorado is close. [FOXNews] Its really rather remarkable that one of the hottest debates in American politics right now is something neither major party candidate even dares to discuss. As accustomed as we are to having these issues ignored by people in positions of political power, there really is a point at which you just cant ignore it anymore and I think that might be exactly where were finding ourselves at this very moment. And now we have a major swing state in which a legalization measure is polarizing the electorate around this exact issue. Obama and Romney will approach that situation how? By standing there like fools and saying nothing at all? By saying it isnt important, even though the voters think it is? Neither look is particularly flattering. Saying something even slightly sympathetic about fixing our marijuana laws in some way would probably pick up a not-insignificant number of votes for whoever dared to do it. However loud we must make ourselves to get that point across, it is apparently at least a little louder than this, but thats okay because were getting steadily better at making noise. Update: Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is yet another factor here. Unfortunately, Obama and Romney are so similarly disappointing on this issue that we cant even be sure who will be more affected by Johnsons candidacy. Follow Scott Morgan on Twitter: www.twitter.com/drugblogger Please visit StopTheDrugWar.org to support ending prohibition linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 