South Dakota Leads the Nation?

Jim Fossett writes in South Dakota Leads the Nation?:

Only in America could the outcome of an election in such a small state--South Dakota's population is only about 775,000--have so many moral and political consequences for the rest of the country.

Indeed!

...if such a ban can't pass in an extremely conservative state as South Dakota, it's hard to imagine that it could pass anywhere...

I would like to point out that our Senator Tim Johnson and our Represenative Stephanie Herseth are both Democrats, although yes, overall we are a conservative state compared to much of the nation.