I think a good litmus test for a political issue to gain brownie points on is this: Does it affect the politician, themselves? If a politician is straight, wha

I think a good litmus test for a political issue to gain brownie points on is this: Does it affect the politician, themselves? If a politician is straight, what does two gay persons marrying have to do with him? It’s thus a brownie point issue, same goes with pot. Once it start affecting their bottom line, i.e. there’s money involved, watch them and the media skirt around the issue carefully.