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Power: Show Me State voters overwhelmingly rejected the federal mandate to buy health insurance. Those who ignored the consent of the governed to pass ObamaCare take heed: The governed no longer consent. It is fitting that Missouri was the first state to hold a public referendum on ObamaCare, sending the notion that government can shred the Constitution to impose its will to a crushing defeat with three-quarters of the voters approving Proposition C. The measure would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. A year ago, on Aug. 6, 2009, Kenneth Gladney, an African-American...

Is it just me, or is this being ignored by the media. I checked out CNN.com and ABCNews.com and couldn't find a peep about the Missouri vote last night. Not even on their Politics page! I kind of thought this was a big deal.

Rest of the Missouri Yes Votes 641,799 (73.1%) No Votes 235,730 (26.9%) St. Louis City Yes Votes 13,263 (41.1%) No Votes 18,989 (58.9%) Kansas City Yes Votes 12,618 (43.5%) No Votes 16,383 (56.5%)

"MISSOURI VOTERS REJECTS OBAMACARE! So far – Prop C is passing by 70% in Missouri. Proposition C Precincts Reporting 154 of 3354 Yes 36,318 71.2% No 14,724 28.8% Total Votes 51,042 All eyes were on Missouri today. The Show Me voters were voting for or against the new federal health care law. Missouri showed Obamacare the door. FOX KC reported:

Missouri may make history. Prop C is the first statewide referendum on ObamaCare in the Country. Prop C prohibits the Federal Government from forcing anyone to buy any health insurance they don’t want.

Tom McClintock visited our editorial board and delivered a devastating analysis of the infrastructure bonds that changed my vote on 1B. (I was already opposed to 1C and 1D.) He noted that historically bonds were used to pay for major projects that last for at least a generation, under the theory that if it takes 30 years to pay off, the people here in 30 years should still be benefiting from it. He said that argument was crucial to rationalizing passing bonds, since, with interest costs, they end up costing $2 for every $1 spent. But McClintock said the highway-transit...