obviously the people being polled were not aware Ron Paul just teamed up with Brawney Frwank to propose legislation to legalize drugs.
I think if this came up in the debates, Ron would not fare well.
Well, yeah, sorta. This poll was taken before that happened.
However, I think that Ron Paul can say that the marijuana legislation is true tea party legislation, because it doesn’t legalize drugs. It allows states to legalize drugs.
The War on Drugs is just another big federal government program that’s not in the Constitution. Just like Obamacare.
Some people will get that. Tea party will get that. But other Republicans, who aren’t tea party, won’t get that.
Ron Paul sometimes has a difficulty explaining his positions
in a way that people like.
Ron Paul can easily say “if the state does not want to legalize marijuana, they don’t have to”.
Tea partiers should support Ron Paul on this. Or they’re rank hypocrites. All Constitutional Conservatives understand that the Federal Government should not be involved here. Social Conservatives who are pretending to be Constitutional Conservatives would oppose Ron Paul’s bill.