Hymowitz begins with the phenomenon of Palinism and extends it to encompass the Tea Party women and a number of other conservative women in politics. She has come up with a list of questions without trying to answer those questions, probably a wise choice.
If she reaches any conclusion, and this only implicit, it is that there are conservative women who are succeeding in politics and that it is at least possible that conservative issues like the deficit can also be considered women's issues.
If I were forced to answer her questions I would formulate my answer thusly: conservative issues like defense, deficit, small government, etc. are issues for people, not merely for men. Women are people, so these issues are also women's issues. Ergo, there will be conservative women. Get over it.
