After last weekend's nominating convention, the Libertarian party officially has their ticket. Former Republican governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson, whom GQ profiled back in 2011, will be their presidential nominee and his running mate will be former Republican governor of Massachusetts William Weld. And since they survived the madness of that nominating convention to become their party's standard bearers, it was time to do the media rounds this week and Gary Johnson came out with his guns (and pipes) blazing. That's right. It's hardly a surprise, but Gary Johnson wants to make weed legal. Here's a snippet from his recent interview with CBS News.

"I've always viewed the legalization of marijuana as making the world a better place," Johnson told CBSN in an interview Wednesday. ... On recreational use, the Libertarian candidate argued that "legalizing marijuana will lead to less overall substance abuse because people are going to find it a safer alternative than everything else out there, starting with alcohol.

This is a long-held belief of Johnson's but now that he's officially a nominee for the presidency, we might begin hearing more about it. Especially if his poll numbers continue to climb. In a Fox News Poll last week, Johnson received 10% of the support between he, Trump, and Clinton. If he can get that number up to 15% in five national polls, then Gary will get to be in the debates alongside The Donald and Hillary.

Would that make a difference? Could an insurgent Johnson campaign play spoiler? Maybe. But the question is, who would he be more likely to spoil? He's a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. Maybe he could pick up some members of the GOP who grow tired of Trump's disgusting Trump-ness, but the Christian right is never going to embrace him. And as for the disenfranchised Bernie supporters? Maybe. But only if they're pretty uninformed. Bernie's brand of socialism and Johnson's fiscal views are almost antonyms. Of course, there is a certain weed-smelling haze around many of the supporters of both candidates, and Bernie Bros and Libertarian dudes do seem to have a lot of the same personality traits. So who knows? I, for one, would welcome a legitimate third party insurgency. Because why the hell not? There haven't been enough plot twists in this election season.