Jesus for President

*edited for a disclaimer - I do not believe that being a Christian automatically means voting Republican. I tend to have more liberal views when it comes to social, environmental and economic issues but remain morally conservative.*

It's hard for me admit that I blindly jumped on the bandwagon of anything, but I confess that I have chanted "Yes We Can" with scores of Barack Obama supporters in the past several months. I'm not necessarily trying to take back any support I threw behind the senator from Illinois (maybe it was love for my home state?), but I see now that I cannot accept a candidate simply because he is a brilliant orator. That being said, as the wife of a soldier expecting a son who may someday follow in his father's footsteps, I cannot wholeheartedly endorse John McCain either. What's a girl to do? On one hand, I love Obama's vision for change and I agree with many of his social and economic policies. On the other hand, how can I as a Christian (and a mother to be) vote for a man who is so flippant about the life of an innocent baby? At the same time, how could I vote for McCain, who would keep us in Iraq and let more and more of our soldiers die in a battle that is no longer ours? I have been trying to keep the moral issues on the back burner when it comes to who I will vote for in November, but that is becoming increasingly difficult. I voted on moral ground in 2004 and my husband went to Iraq a year later. I certainly don't believe that a Republican president can convince an Democratic congress to overturn Roe v. Wade (nor do I think that is necessarily a good idea, but that is another post for another day). But the knowledge of Obama's voting record on this issue just does not sit well with me. I suppose I have two months to really pray about this issue and decide who I want to run this country, but I really wish that I could just write in Jesus.