Is there any other issue where there's such a dramatic disconnect between politicians and regular people? A majority of the country supports legalizing marijuana; I doubt more than ten or twenty Congresspeople do.
Most political issues.
Which political issues? I can't think of any other issue with majority popular support that doesn't have the support of one or both parties or at least significant factions of the parties. I don't think there are more than ten representatives in the House, meanwhile, who support marijuana legalization.
I've come to find that if progressives actually want to change things, they're better off doing it through the states. Gay marriage, pot, single-payer, minimum wage, you name it. Lobbyists and corporations simply don't devote resources to fighting state reforms like they do fighting national ones, so more can get done through those means.
I mean, at this point, I think I'd trade control of the Senate for majority control of the state legislatures and governorships.
