I think what this article fails to address is the idea that moderate evangelicals, those for whom pro-choice is not a make or break issue but who feel that religion has a place in the public square, will be voting for Obama in huge numbers. If you want truly Christian values reflected in government Obama is your man; McCain can't even compete.

I think that as amazing as Obama's straddling of the black and white worlds has been, it may be his straddling of both the liberal and the Christian worlds that impresses me most. The crazy bible-thumpers are out numbered in this country by deeply religious but ultimately humanist people; we may find that the era of the powerful hate-filled christian group is quickly and hopefully permanently receding into the past along with the Bush Nightmare.