[right way right]

Don’t you people recognize a trial balloon when you hear it.
Mexicans, Libertarians, Independents, etc.
(Yes, I have my broad brush out)
Hes Looking at gaining votes and TAX Revenue!
There is no way he cannot stop thinking about that Revenue.
Hes testing the waters for a change in federal law.
How can he resist.
Does anyone think this warped bastard does not “Bong Out” in the ovel orfice?
Freedumb for the masses.
Freedumb keeps the peasants at bay.
Republicans will jump on it too.

[TigersEye]

What I noticed is that he used the issue to play the Race Card again.

"Middle-class kids don't get locked up for smoking pot and poor kids do," he told Remnick. "And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor, and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties."

[Ken H]

Don’t you people recognize a trial balloon when you hear it.

Had the same thought. I think it was designed to put the issue in play for the 2014 election season. They apparently think it's a winning strategy.