Why P. Wellstone, M. Cuomo, and B. Frank are such anomalies

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Part of the reason the liberal wing of the Democratic Party had such a hard time finding effective spokespeople from the mid-1970s until about now is that everyone who ever smoked pot felt they had something to hide. Many stayed out of politics and those who did throw their hats in the ring always sounded like, well, they had something to hide.