Nothing Sarah Palin and her followers can do will prevent America's steady movement away from social conservatism
To be precise; at one o'clock in the morning of March 21, 2005, President Bush
put pen to paper and (inadvertently) consigned the politics of the Eighties
to the trash.
He had been woken by his staff to sign emergency legislation designed to save
the life of Terri Schiavo
It never happened. The federal courts backed the local courts (impeach them,
the politicians cried, but nobody tried) and the Supreme Court yawned and
raised an eyebrow and refused even to hear the case
Nothing the voters decide this November will change this dynamic. Not even the
fantastic Mrs Palin - the Iron Lady of Alaska - who is on the Republican
ticket to serve a purpose but not, frankly, to serve in office
The Strange Death of Social
Conservatism as the driving force in US politics was under way
No, America is changing and a new era is beginning
clipped from: www.timesonline.co.uk