POLL POT:

I for one am looking forward with great delight to asking
certain politicians running for reelection how they feel about the new
initiative to legalize up to an ounce of marijuana.

That's because last time, many of the feckless incumbents responded to
2002's initiative to legalize up to three ounces of marijuana with
some variation of the lame line, "three ounces is a lot of pot."

So now that organizers have settled on just one ounce, all of those
lawmakers are going to have to come up with some all new, fantastic
excuse for saying no, lest they have to admit what truly lies at the
heart of their objections: We don't like marijuana, and we can tell
you what to do in the privacy of your own home. So there. Or the
ever-popular, voters don't like it, and I'm afraid they'll toss me out
if I support it.

Yes, I simply cannot wait for election season to start in earnest.