Missouri Prop C: ObamaCare Rejected

The people in Missouri have spoken. In a landslide, voters embraced Proposition C.

They rejected an important ObamaCare provision.

Is Obama listening?

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections.

With about 90 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly three-quarters of voters backed a ballot measure, Proposition C, that would prohibit the government from requiring people to have health insurance or from penalizing them for not having it.

The Missouri law would conflict with a federal requirement that most people have health insurance or face penalties starting in 2014.

Tuesday’s vote was seen as largely symbolic because federal law generally trumps state law. But it was also seen as a sign of growing voter disillusionment with federal policies and a show of strength by conservatives and the tea party movement.

“To us, it symbolized everything,” said Annette Read, a tea party participant from suburban St. Louis who quit her online retail job to lead a yearlong campaign for the Missouri ballot measure. “The entire frustration in the country ... how our government has misspent, how they haven’t listened to the people, this measure in general encompassed all of that.”

Of course, there's frustration in the country.

Obama and the Democrats have been running amok since January 20, 2009, ignoring the will of the people.

What's important to consider in this case is that Missouri is not a conservative state. It's a battleground state.

It's stunning that nearly three-quarters of Missouri voters rejected a crucial requirement of Obama's government-run health care plan.

Time for Democrats to listen to the people.

Liberals were drunk with power after Election 2008. It's time for them to sober up.

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