Every political administration gets some things right, which is one good reason to despise party hack mouthpieces. As a direct analogy, even the Washington Nationals won 59 games in 2009 - though losing 103 did give Washington the (fitting) status of "the worst team in baseball."
In the win column, the US Department of Justice finally applied some brains to the medical marijuana issue [AP | Politico]. They're going to stop prosecuting sick people who are complying with their states' laws, and use those resources for real problems instead. Yes, those laws do get abused by doctors who hand out free passes. On the other hand, they also get used to sensible benefit by terminally ill people, and how mean and stupid can you be to prosecute them? So, at last we have 2 synapses and a neuron wired up in DoJ. They still reserve the right to go after people who are using those laws as a cover for large-scale trafficking or other serious illegal activities. Which is also smart.
Beyond that, they they will continue to make marijuana enforcement a "core priority." Why? Because according to the DoJ, marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for the Mexican cartels.
If that's really the reason, then get 2 more synapses and another neuron, people. Connect the dots and take the next step, in order to de-fund the cartels before they become as serious a problem here as they are in Mexico. Sigh. Since a combination of cleverness and stupidity seems to be the order of the day here, I'll close with a far more entertaining mix of same, from The Family Guy: