Elwar
01-23-2010, 10:24 AM
http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=cdd28c4d-f374-4b84-b18f-d2a62f60a179
Gary Johnson, a libertarian-leaning former New Mexico governor who wants marijuana legalized, has a sobering message for those Republicans fired up by U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown's big win in Massachusetts.
"It would be a mistake for Republicans to view this as some sort of a mandate," Johnson said in an interview Thursday. "I just see (voters having) a real disgust with those in office.
"It isn't a shift to Republicans. It's just, 'Get whoever's in there out,'" he said.
Gary Johnson, a libertarian-leaning former New Mexico governor who wants marijuana legalized, has a sobering message for those Republicans fired up by U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown's big win in Massachusetts.
"It would be a mistake for Republicans to view this as some sort of a mandate," Johnson said in an interview Thursday. "I just see (voters having) a real disgust with those in office.
"It isn't a shift to Republicans. It's just, 'Get whoever's in there out,'" he said.