The president's rhetoric doesn't match his record:
Why? I understand that the crackdown in California began in California, not Washington. But Holder and Obama could surely try to stop it. The same concerns in DC – this time about intervention by Republicans in Congress – have crippled the medical marijuana program. Does Obama still not get the salience of this, especially for the younger part of his base who regard Prohibition as insane? Can he not stop the California crackdown? Can he not restate his formal position that he does not back using federal resources to track down and punish people obeying state laws?
Or is he really that scared?
The Dish 