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Short supply and high taxes just might work in his favor. he said, "people will get real tired of paying the taxes real fast when you can buy an ounce from me for $225 to $300. the state adds as much as $90 just for the tax." joining me now, robin hackett, co-owner of botanicare medical cannabis center in denver, colorado. and john ingold, a "denver post" reporter who covers marijuana. robin, i have not asked any guest on this program this question before, but do you have any weed? >> yes. we still have plenty of marijuana in our shop. >> well, plenty. so what is this talk about, you know, the...

An illegal dealer in pueblo, colorado told a local paper that short supply and high taxes just might work in his favor. he said, "people will get real tired of paying the taxes real fast when you can buy an ounce from me for $225 to $300. the state adds as much as $90 just for the tax." joining me now, robin hackett, co-owner of botanicare medical cannabis center in denver, colorado. and john ingold, a "denver post" reporter who covers marijuana. robin, i have not asked any guest on this program this question before, but do you have any weed? >> yes. we still have plenty of marijuana in our sh...

0 >> richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon i've watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. >> i don't think that's unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc.com today about the kinds of choices these individuals are having to make. people who've saved up for their pickup truck. people who are going to face selling their home today because they're not ge...

0 it was talking to constituents every day who are often in economic distress, who desperately wanted a job, and understanding that we're a country that has each other's back in these difficult times. >> richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon i've watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. >> i don't think that's unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc...

presidents can invade countries, not that that's a great thing that i would advise him to do. i think a president has to approach every new year and every new day with the idea of being the protagonist and of trying to move forward an agenda. and the president has tools to do that. >> howard, he said he is an introspective individual. cover him the way that covering him the way you have, do you think he looks at 2014 as an opportunity to wipe the slate clean, and if so how then to move forward? >> i think he has been in washington long enough to know there are no clean slates anymo...