USA And The Future Of The World

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The best Colorado example is Gov.-elect Bill Ritter, an antiabortion Catholic who spent three years as a missionary in Zambia.

Throughout the campaign, no one questioned Ritter�s faith. It allowed the Democrat to focus on education, the environment, the economy and other key issues. He won handily.

"The election became about other things," said Jim Wallis, a Christian political writer. "These Democrats may be socially conservative, but they are strongly populist on other issues -- caring for the poor and needy, caring for the environment and opposing the war in Iraq. That combination is a winning combination in America."

Some, including Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, say GOP officeholders chased conservative Christian voters away by failing to support their pet issues in Congress. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->While evangelicals remain overwhelmingly Republican, Wallis said, Christians as a whole may be the nation�s newest swing voters.

"God is not a Republican or a Democrat," he said. "You are not going to see the faith community in anybody�s pocket."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->