This bodes well for November.Prop C passes overwhelmingly
"The citizens of the Show-Me State don't want Washington involved in their health care decisions," said Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, one of the sponsors of the legislation that put Proposition C on the August ballot. She credited a grass-roots campaign involving Tea Party and patriot groups with building support for the anti-Washington proposition.
With most of the vote counted, Proposition C was winning by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1.
Missouri was the first of four states to seek to opt out of the insurance purchase mandate portion of the health care law that had been pushed by Obama. And while many legal scholars question whether the vote will be binding, the overwhelming approval gives the national GOP momentum as Arizona, Florida and Oklahoma hold similar votes during midterm elections in November.
The question now is whether the administration will respond by suing the state to block passage of the law, much as it did in Arizona recently over illegal immigration.
This bodes well for November.
I hope the administration goes against the will of the people on this too.
The Pete Stark Omnipotent Federal Government just might be seeing the first wave of a second American revolution.
Thanks Obi. We couldn't have done it without you.
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Don't get too confident, Obama has a 46% approval rating (Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™).
Don't get too confident, Obama has a 46% approval rating (Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™). Also this, Partisan Trends - Rasmussen Reports™.
The real story here, is that Republican turnout topped the Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin. This spells "political tsunami" if this trend reflects voter enthusiasm nationally come November.
Um this happened in Missouri what a surprise:roll:
In all honesty Missouri is as important as Mississippi.
Yeah, you're probably right... the only states that count are on the east and west coasts........:roll:
A lot of pundits have said that Missouri often carries the presidency. Some statistic linked Missouri as the state that, whoever it votes for, gets elected. Interesting slice of trivia.
Besides, it's not like Missouri only has a couple electoral votes. Now if we were talking North Dakota, sure.
Anyway, it's not just Missouri. Other states will be questioning its validity at the state level, and good on them.
This bodes well for November.
I hope the administration goes against the will of the people on this too.
The Pete Stark Omnipotent Federal Government just might be seeing the first wave of a second American revolution.
Thanks Obi. We couldn't have done it without you.
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That's just typical though. The larger the city, the more liberal it is (and votes).
Even in a state like Alabama, Birmingham notoriously votes Democrat in its district. Illinois would probably vote Republican every single time if you cut out Chicago.
It really speaks volumes when the hometown people can make their unified voices louder than the major cities.
The real story here, is that Republican turnout topped the Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin. This spells "political tsunami" if this trend reflects voter enthusiasm nationally come November.
I think that St. Louis and Kansas City proper are pretty small in comparison to the populations of the suburbs and the rest of the state. Both cities have dealt with major population exoduses to the burbs. That's why I'm not that impressed by this as a predictor of major elections in the future.
I should note that I grew up outside of Kansas City and went to college there.
A lot of pundits have said that Missouri often carries the presidency. Some statistic linked Missouri as the state that, whoever it votes for, gets elected. Interesting slice of trivia.
Besides, it's not like Missouri only has a couple electoral votes. Now if we were talking North Dakota, sure.
Anyway, it's not just Missouri. Other states will be questioning its validity at the state level, and good on them.
yes, this individual mandate is pernicious
YOU KNEW WHAT WAS IN THIS BILL
it will surely be taken on at the congressional level in the next session
whoever assails it, especially if he or she wins, is sure to PROFIT prodigiously, politically speaking, of course
so, we have movements of resistance breaking out all over, on every conceivable level
on the ground, we see SEVENTY TWO percent shouting show me
in the courts, there's the two dozen or so AG's, headed heroically this week by virginia's ken cuccinelli
the district judge allowed virginia's challenge to proceed
but more, the language used by judge hudson was very revealing of his disposition
the white house repeatedly denied in public that the mandate was a tax but once the issue arrived in court the admin, for legal heft, had to reverse itself
the judge appears inclined to look at the mandate as a PENALTY and not a tax
but most heavily, hudson examined the commerce clause, obama's resort and justification
more accurately, hudson studied the relationship of the clause to the fed's ambitious reach out to tap all americans to buy a very expensive product they don't want by virtually merely of their being living, breathing americans
if the commerce clause can be used to accomplish this, the judge pondered, what can't the clause be used to justify?
the electorate is agitated, we've got some movement in the courts, we've got sure legislative rewards once the house is realigned
we've got the parliamentary procedure of defunding, sure to come
did you see abc's and ap's breakdown of the new obamacare yesterday?
jack cafferty on cnn ran with it---68 grant programs, 47 new bureaucracies, 29 demo or pilot programs, 6 regulatory bodies, 6 racial review agencies...
fine---YOU KNEW WHAT WAS IN THIS BILL
but, the rub---there's no staffing authority, some of these bodies are well defined in the 2000 pages, others are simply mentioned...
getting this leviathon up and running is a nitemare, bloomberg called it "impossible"
millions of americans are going to have to change plans, millions more are being dumped on medicaid (already anorexically underfunded), medicare advantage is zeroed out...
the reason obama promoted dr berwick to med czar via recess appointment is cuz the admin simply cannot allow these ugly realities to be aired
but they will be anyway
it's all on drudge!
oh well
party on, progressives
having fun?
That explains everything. :roll:
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