I came to aconclusion a few months ago. A friend and fellow AHer emailed me as part of our regular alternative history exchange the question: What would have happened if Sarah Palin had been killed, when her plane crashed on the way to the announcement of her joining last year´s Republican ticket. My wife saw this on the computer screen and was horrified at the gruesome tail. Now, what ever you think of Sarah Palin´s politics. I am sure you agree with me that it would be especially tragic for 44 year old wife and mother to die months before the birth of her first grandchild and months after the birth of her youngest child. At the same time, I realized that in AH we make real people into fictional characters So what does everybody think would have happened if in this dramatic turning point of the 2008 election this lead character is killed before her curtain call?
I think Andrew Sullivan was seen leaving the airport with a wrench in his hand.