While I certainly want to tread lightly when it comes to discussing partisan politics, it bears mentioning that the debate last night between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was outstanding. (I should note at this point that I’m a registered independent and have no longstanding loyalty to either political party). While they certainly highlighted their differences, I appreciated the relatively common visions expressed in their views on Iraq, immigration, universal health care, and tax reform. I believe these are all issues that ought to be profoundly important for us as a faith community, and frankly it appears to me that Obama and Clinton are offering solutions that our country badly needs. It will be interesting to see if the Christian community as a whole can get behind which ever one of these candidates makes it to the general election, especially given that they differ with the evangelical consensus are issues that evangelicals traditionally manage to distract themselves with. That being said, from watching the Republican debate a few nights ago, it doesn’t appear that any of the remaining candidates have the sort of moral vision that will be able to capture the evangelical vote. It is difficult to imagine evangelicals in general supporting a candidate who wants to keep the United States in Iraq and wants to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. But, it could happen, I suppose It will indeed be interesting to see what happens…I can’t wait for Tuesday. Thoughts, comments, concerns? Am I right? Am I crazy? Should I not even be commenting on politics? I’d love to hear anyone’s thoughts.
