Tebow Superbowl commercial

What did it mean to have two presidential candidates in 2008 downplay divisive social issues? Abortion was off the radar, gay marriage was nowhere in sight, and the death penalty...well, was hardly discussed. After eight years of an administration elected partly as a result of Christian, evangelical conservatives, the culture wars seemed to end in 2008. A global economic crisis and two wars made these political "wedge" issues politically unpopular with independent and moderate voters (not that they were ever that popular to begin with).  Read More »