The Sidereal Record Straightener - A watershed moment in modern American political history

Ten years from now, political historians will mark Sunday night's Compassion Forum as a watershed moment in modern American political history. It wasn't the answers from the politicians that made the event such an historic experience - truth be told, there weren't any earth-shattering revelations or memorable one-liners. It was questions that were asked, who was asking them and who was answering.

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But the watershed moment wasn't what that columnist thought. It was when Barack Obama was asked:

"Senator, if one of your daughters asked you -- and maybe they already have -- Daddy, did God really create the world in six days? What would you say?"

'Watershed moment', 'jumped the shark', 'crossed the credibility horizon and disappeared up its own singularity' - whatever you want to call it, I think that marked the moment when the American political process finally gave up all pretence at being run by grown-ups, and sat down and sucked its thumb. Diebold will be along to change its diapers shortly.