Is legalizing Weed Obama’s October Surprise?

Smokey O
In 2004 George W. Bush’s re-election campaign worked to put anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives up for vote in several swing states in order to turn out more hard-core conservatives to the polls. This year the question is whether marijuana legalization measures will turn out young voters for Obama. [Just how stoned would you have to be to vote for Obama. Oh. Never mind. He won the last one.]