Since when is it the job of the saints to be in control of any type of government in the first place? I mean, it sounds like Davis had a lot of enemies, and he was certainly out in left field to be sure, but just because the apostle Paul wasn't on the ticket out there on the left coast doesn't mean that voting for a more conservative opportunist was "wrong." And let's be honest, here: Schwarzenneger is an opportunist in this situation, if not a complete political hack in the first place. Furthermore, I'm not saying a believer should not seek government office if he chooses to do so. What I don't understand is when believers actually think (a) they can't vote for a candidate because of one or two issues that bug them and then turn around and complain when you wind up with a Bill or Hillary in that office because they refused to vote for the other guy; and (b) the Scriptures support loading the deck in our favor when they do not. In fact, this attitude is virtually nonexistent in the epistles. Granted, they were written in a time when Christians were being persecuted by the government, but the NT writers clearly advocate obeying the government because of divine placement. Therefore, let me fire the old adage out there: Sola Scriptura. If you claim to live by it, live by it in all areas, including the way you view the government. It is there because God established it in His perfect will and power, we are to obey it, but there is no command for the Christian community to attempt to use it as an agent for change. That is the job of your congregation and mine.
