Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for adults over 21 years old, is currently winning by a wide margin among California voters according to a new PPP poll. The measure is supported by 52% of voters while opposed by only 36%.

In addition, there is more good news about support for marijuana legalization from Rasmussen Reports. For the first time, their poll of all American adults has a plurality supporting legalization: 43% think marijuana should be legalized while 42% think it should remain illegal. That is a significant improvement from a similar Rasmussen poll just a little over a year ago, which found 41% supporting legalization and 49% opposed. It is possible that Prop 19, by bringing the debate to the forefront, is starting to noticeably move national opinions by forcing people to take some time to actually think about the issue.

It does appear that Elizabeth Warren has the inside track to getting the position as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A source tells FDL News that Geithner is working on setting up CFPB with Elizabeth Duke, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Duke is a former community banker and the past head of the American Bankers Association, a trade lobby group. She served on the ABA’s board of directors from 1999 to 2006. The ABA opposed the Dodd-Frank bill almost entirely because of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Slavery and the racism surrounding it is a grotesque aspect of the United States, a stain on our country. In Negroes to Hire –which takes it title from advertisement in the Liberty Tribune–Gary Jenkins explores the history of slavery in Missouri before and during the Civil War using oral histories compiled between 1936 and 1938 [...]

There is a great deal of evidence that Jose Rodriguez knew as early as September 6, 2002 that he needed to destroy evidence of the torturers exceeding the guidelines set in DC. According to anyone’s definition, that means Rodriguez knew years before he had the tapes destroyed he was destroying evidence of torture, even by Jay Bybee’s and possibly John Yoo’s measure.

Yet the AP — in their “most complete published account” — doesn’t even mention that torture?

Fellow Netroots Nation panelist Elizabeth Warren has continued to receive endorsements from key Senators and editorialists to get the position of director for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Treasury’s Neel Kashkari and his ilk put over 8 million people out of work, left 15 million unemployed, and helped Wall Street destroy trillions in national wealth. Fixing the problem they created caused the currently explosion in the national debt. Instead of lecturing senior about how they should give up Social Security and Medicare benefits for the common good, they should have the common decency to just STFU.

This is pretty good news. It’s important to note that the death of climate legislation does not mean the death of carbon regulation. It just moves it into a new phase, where the EPA takes the lead. And the Administration will protect that privilege.

Look past the spin in an anonyquote to the WaPo on Pakistan’s relationship with the Taliban

The HAMP program is not just a terrible deal for struggles homeowners – it’s a terrible confirmation of government not working. It needs to stop and those responsible need to be fired, before it consumes the entire progressive project in its wake.

Last week, Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN), who’s running for governor in Tennessee, channeled his inner Jefferson Davis. But just like the cowardly Rick Perry — as soon as he was called on it — he ran for the hills.