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Okay suppose they don't. It still brings the issue up in a new and interesting light. This vote was not along party lines. I'm not sure of the numbers (I've looked but can't find them, any FR help appreciated), but some Dems crossed over on this.

Do you really think South Dakota is representative of the country as a whole? Or even the politics of Washington DC? The entire state is a contradiction, voting GOP for President and yet sending 2 liberal Democrat Senators to Washington. Respectfully, I think your theory is naive.

The entire state is a contradiction, voting GOP for President and yet sending 2 liberal Democrat Senators to Washington.

That's hardly unique to South Dakota. People do not vote for congressmen on the basis of ideology. In congressional races only two words matter: KA-CHING.

"Respectfully, I think your theory is naive."

You may be right, it is somewhat naive. However we have to begin sometime to play the game the way the libs do. All of the major accomplishments (if you want to call them that) that the left have made have been through incrementalism. Every issue they stand for has been brought to the mainstream in little doses so we wouldn't notice. Look at the education system in this country. It is not by accident that people graduating from high school don't understand our economic system, can't tell you what the Constitution says, but know how to put a condom on a cucumber. A dumbed down society is easier to control. The left knew this years ago, seized control of the education system, and began implementing their agenda small bits at a time. We as conservatives still haven't learned this lesson.
This action today can be looked at from both standpoints. A huge slap in the libs collective face, which they will howl about, and you're right, probably defeat with the help of their Judiciary (which was also put in incrementally). It if that happens we can still draw a small victory by bringing these Dems who voted for this to the national forefront. Let them tell their fellow voters why. It's that small foot in the door. A crack in what appeared to us even a year ago to be unpenetratable armour. I just think it's something to build on, the first step being SCOTUS putting this issue back where it belongs, in the states legislatures.