The incumbent governor is now a prematurely lame duck. On the other hand, the national Democratic ticket can now safely campaign in this Swing (a.k.a. "Battleground") State without having to avoid endorsing anyone... always a touchy situation.

The gambling-expansion amendment was defeated - surprise to me.

The marriage amendment passed with over 70% of the vote - no surprise at all.

In KC proper, the arena was approved - and there's already talk of an NHL expansion team, before the design work is even complete. We shall see...

In other news: the President of - and Exemplar of Proper Behavior in - the Senate* made a campaign stop today, no more than a couple of miles from here. I believe his purpose was to brag about the Emperor's economic clothes.

Jay Leno mentioned something Monday night about the re-election campaign's new slogan being "Heart and Soul". What he didn't say was how appropriate that is for a VP with a diseased heart and a Prez with no soul at all.

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*for our foreign correspondents: the Vice President of the US is also president of the US Senate - usually in case of a tie vote, but sometimes to tell a Senator to go f*** himself. Ain't America great?