Legalizing Marijuana Now More Popular than the Republican Party

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| Fri Feb. 20, 2009 12:25 PM PST
It's true. Percentage of Americans who believe marijuana ought to be legalized: 41 percent. Percentage of Americans who approve of the Republican Party: 31 percent.

Other things that are less popular than legalizing weed, according to Open Left: Congress, the war in Iraq, privatizing Social Security, and John Boehner.
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