I think as of right now i have somewhere to go with my research on marijuana decriminalization and the campaign. i found a interesting article on how Obama has flip flopped his policies now vs 04 when he was campaigning for senate and doing debates and speeches at universities. I still need to do further research to know for sure that enough information will be available but as it stands now i believe i can. this topic has always been just under the surface of American politics but is beginning to come up for air do to the prison overcrowding crisis and budgeting going on.

My unit two topic will cover the candidates stances on marijuana decriminalization/legalization. Millions of Americans have experience with this issue because we all know at least one person who has tried marijuana. We are all impacted by this issue because our tax money is funding the "war" on marijuana and other drugs. this topic has been an issue of heated debate since it became overwhelmingly popular in the 60's. politicians, academia and citizens all talk about this issue. candidates personal records about the issue plus govt records on facts and statistics would all provide primary sources in this topic.

This is really interesting, give it a shot if you have the time. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139

For my humorous argument of my own i drew a political cartoon questioning how and why we elect public officials the way we do. what qualifications do we look for? I think it is pretty funny yet sadly true. You will see in class.