Maybe. Or maybe, a fortnight of all Schiavo, all the time, succeeded by a week of all dead Pope, all the time, has made most of America pretty darn sick of 150 proof religiosity.
But w.r.t the forum, you're likely right. I'm inclined to cede the forum, and for that matter the GOP, to the Christian right. I suspect the result will be a reprise of the previous heyday of the Christian right; the illustrious career of their darling, William Jennings Bryan, four times failed candidate for President.
But hey, ride the hubris.
Not trying to throw napalm here or anything, RWP, but why is it necessarily an indication of 150 proof religiousity to question why a woman who is not being kept alive by "heroic measures" (her feeding tube is on the same level of intervention required by Christopher Reeve)(*) should be allowed to starve or dehydrate to death on the word of her husband, who had shacked up with another woman and had children with that other woman. Of all people, he's the one most likely to have nefarious ulterior motives...
(*) Yes, I KNOW Reeves could talk, and interact; and that he had the residual star persona of having played Superman. But being paralyzed from the neck down makes it harder to eat, drink, or avoid sever diaper rash without external help. As far as being kept alive goes, without other considerations, he needed nearly as much help as Terri.
Cheers!