Are the culture wars back on??

Colorado's GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Ken Buck, appears to be backing away from pro-life positions he took during the primary campaign. Per Matt Lewis  in this column he now is saying that contrary to earlier statements that he would not vote to confirm pro abortion candidates for govt. positions including judges....but now he is clarifying that he would consider pro choice people which he thinks is different from pro abortion people. Really?? You thin there is a difference between pro abortion and pro choice??

"When I look at that word, pro-abortion, to me that doesn't mean pro-choice, that means someone who is an activist, someone trying to find ways to promote abortions," he said.

 But there is a bigger story here. While the Tea Party is largely a positive force for conservatives -- including social conservatives -- Buck's victory over Norton underscores a trend whereby social conservatives (who dominated politics on the right in the 1990s) are taking a back seat to fiscal conservatives.

Buck's win over Norton may be one more example to suggest that the culture wars, at least as we have known them, are over.

Well Lewis who is pretty well plugged in says the culture war is over and takes a back seat to fiscal matters.

 but Rachel Maddow and her lefty bloggers are  disagreeing.

The culture war is back." Gen–Xers don't have the leisure to be complacent; nor does Gen Y or Z. Sadly, I think they are just that: complacent.

What do you think??