change?

How is this any different from Bush (and Clinton, and Bush I, and Reagan, and Carter, and Ford, and Nixon, and LBJ, and Kennedy)? 

VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States would not lift the country's embargo on Cuba.

"No," Biden told reporters at a meeting in Chile when asked if the United States planned to lift the embargo.

"We think that Cuban people should determine their own fate and they should be able to live in freedom and have some prospect of economic prosperity," he added.

The outright NO to both marijuana legalization and now the Cuban embargo worry me. I wasn't expecting the Administration to just green light both issues, but Obama has been willing to directly confront complex issues and have an intelligent dialogue about them. But suddenly it's just "no."

But I'm hoping this is just a punt. Obama has a lot on his plate without adding more hot button issues. But some sort of hint that this isn't the end of these conversations would've been nice.