But on Monday, asked whether he would run for president, Schweitzer was hesitant. Schweitzer said his record aligns with what “middle America” looks for and runs counter to some Democrats in Washington, making him a winning candidate. [Tal Kopan, POLITICO]Dave Weigel interviewed Schweitzer for Slate. When asked if Colorado had done the right thing by legalizing cannabis and whether the rest of the country should go that way, he replied:
Well, here’s what I can say. Each society has to make choices about what’s against the law. You have a large percentage of the population that’s already using this. The war on drugs is another war that appears to have been lost. This experiment with prohibition of marijuana doesn’t seem have to been working. Colorado might have it more right than the rest of us.In 2004, in defiance of federal law, Montana voters passed an initiated change to the state's constitution that legalized the cultivation, distribution, and medical use of cannabis. In 2011, after the federal government nipped a thriving industry in the bud and after Schweitzer vetoed a repeal of the law, the state's earth hater legislature passed a statute that Governor Schweitzer allowed to become law without his signature nullifying most of the peoples' wishes.
African-Americans are incarcerated on drug charges at a rate that is 10 times greater than that of white people. Why the disparity?
— The Stream (@AJAMStream) January 6, 2014
Schweitzer isn't a progressive by any stretch of the imagination but his populist appeal makes him a regional favorite among Democrats even though he has promoted coal and the Keystone XL pipeline.
Politico lists three people with Montana ties as Hillary Clinton influentials.#mtpol
— Chuck Johnson (@c_sjohnson) January 6, 2014
Steve Daines is going 2have an impossible time explaining to Indian nations in MT why he voted repeatedly against critical health services
— Matt Canter (@mattcanter) January 6, 2014
The sometimes bombastic, widely-liked Schweitzer, now chairman of the board of Stillwater Mining Company, had been expected to enter Montana's race for the US Senate although a recent interview with Roll Call talks as if he'd rather stay in the state he loves than live in DC. Many in Montana would like to see Governor Steve Bullock appoint Schweitzer to serve out the remaining term of Senator Max Baucus who has been nominated Ambassador to China by President Obama.
Smoke break in Havre, MT. Havre has it, they say #nprlife pic.twitter.com/pfDAj1jzDs
— Kirk Siegler (@KirkSiegler) January 5, 2014
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