Quite a turnaround from 2003, when the paper (then under rookie editor Rebekah Wade, now Rebekah Brooks) marched in lockstep with the rest of the Murdoch press worldwide in backing Blair and Bush and was so vehemently gung-ho that it produced a "dartboard" for readers to "aim your own missiles" at the "war wobblers".
But gun control organizations are holding out hope that Trump won't march in lockstep with the NRA, despite his repeated vows to uphold conservatives' interpretation of the Second Amendment. .
This is what we are faced with today as Congress marches in lockstep with the White House to renew the USA Patriot Act.
After all, there is more to citizenship than the act of casting a ballot for someone who, once elected, will march in lockstep with the dictates of the powers-that-be.
It confirms a long British tradition of marching in lockstep with the global policies of the United States, even when those policies were morally ambiguous or misguided.
In "A Pro-Choice Chance for Mr. Bush" (editorial, July 19), you urge Gov. George W. Bush to choose a pro-choice running mate to respect the views of Republican Party members "who do not march in lockstep" with the anti-abortion wing of the party.
It would also mean, however, that after years of talking about the "big tent," the G.O.P. is ready to respect the views as well as use the votes of Republicans who do not march in lockstep with the religious right and the anti-abortion movement.
"We didn't want to march in lockstep with the classic Kentucky bourbon," he said.
Japan and South Korea have incorporated wireless technology into national policies, their sprawling IT conglomerates marching in lockstep with the political leaders.
It operates beyond the reach of the president, Congress and the courts, and it marches in lockstep with the corporate elite who really call the shots in Washington, DC.
Too often, however, as I document in A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, the Supreme Court tends to march in lockstep with the police state.
