https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/08/06/why-the-white-house-needs-to-worry-about-proposition-c/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:58 -0400<![CDATA[Read up on reports of the results of Tuesday&#8217;s vote on Missouri&#8217;s Proposition C* and you&#8217;re going to notice what James Taranto did: there&#8217;s an urge to declare the vote &#8216;largely symbolic&#8216; (amusingly, this includes Taranto&#8217;s own Wall Street Journal, or at least the portions of it that aren&#8217;t part of the opinion section).  This is generally political-speak for &#8216;the voting public just kicked our rears on a policy issue:&#8217;  &#8216;largely symbolic&#8217; votes where you agree with the results are instead &#8216;stunning reproofs&#8217; or something else equally evocative of the Will of the People.]]>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:00:58 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/08/06/why-the-white-house-needs-to-worry-about-proposition-c-n35782