Reflections on Warren, Obama, McCain
Aug 16th, 2008 | By Skye Jethani | Category: PoliticsI just watched the forum at Saddleback with the presidential candidates conducted by Rick Warren. My initial thoughts:
1. Obama didn’t win over any evangelicals tonight. We already knew his answers on abortion and same sex unions wouldn’t be popular, but I thought he might have won some people with his candor or moderation. I don’t think it worked. He really should have focused more on reducing the number of abortions and how his policies are proven to do just that. A tough, straight answer like, “An Obama administration will save more unborn children than a McCain administration that continues Bush’s domestic agenda” would have been amazing. Obama could have made it clear that he wasn’t going to retreat the moral ground on the abortion issue. He didn’t. He…
