i drive over 50 miles a day and it s getting harder and harder. the politics of pot. no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. the president pardons thousands. is it the first step toward nationwide legalization? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. control of the u.s. senate could well rest on the state of georgia. republicans can t be feeling good about their chances there after the week their candidate has had. days after a woman told the daily beast that herschel walker encouraged her and paid for her abortion in 2009, the new york times is reporting on friday that he wanted her to have a second abortion two years later. that time she told the new york times she refused. she has the baby who is now ten years old. that child is one of three children that walker had not acknowledged publicly until this year. quote, as a father, she told the time
reform to student debt cancellation. i think that s a really victory or the grassroots progressive wing. biden was an outlier in the primary for his refusal to embrace this type of marijuana reform. you re getting it close to the midterms because there s a recognition it can be one of those drivers, particularly of young people, of people disaffected who think this is one of the issues that matter for some folks. biden has finally come around after that type of pressure. i think that is because there is dnr pushing it. one of the first things i ll look for in the exit polls, did this increase turnout among younger voters. the potential benefit that astead is talking about, we saw in 2018 an explosion of youth turnout in those midterms. the student debt issue, the marijuana issue which tend to have appeal for younger voters, do we see it have that kind of political impact?