I gotta say him doin what he did put the spot light on it big time! Its all over the news and its got people talking about it. Thats what we need. Just like it's bringing out the supporters its also bringing out all the pot nazis talking out there assess with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
The reality is that this is the intended purpose of the president. He's a figurehead.
Congress has ALLLLLL of the power legislatively speaking. The dude is meant to drive policy by fostering one opinion or the next, he's supposed to act as a representative to foreign leaders, and he's the commander-in-chief of the military.
The main issue he has as a president is that his policy points haven't been picked up very much by legislators, so it's been a very legislatively dead time period.