Oh dearest sister in Christ, I earnestly join you in your prayer! I pray every day that our Lord will grant America spiritual renewal and renovation.
Perry was "my guy," too, and for the same reasons you give. Oh well....
IMHO, America's "real war" right now is pressed upon us by "powers and principalities." It's a battle for the hearts, minds, and souls of Americans, conducted mainly by the Father of Lies, the implacable enemy of Christ and His Body....
Ours is (or was) a nation whose understanding is that we are a people "under God," in Whom we trust. Historically the overwhelming majority of Americans has regarded God as Creator, Eternal Truth and Justicer. In recent times, any such understanding projected into the public square has been rebuked, scorned, increasingly deemed "fascist," "racist," or otherwise found "unfashionable" — according to the Spirit of the Age. (Which makes no judgments at all, preferring the state of moral relativism, which inevitably leads to chaos in souls and in the public square....)
But belief in God Creator established the core values of the freest, most peaceful and prosperous nation on earth.
Why would we want to swap this belief for "a mess of pottage?"
And so I fervently pray God to bless We the People of the United States of America, to grant spiritual renewal and discernment.
May God ever bless you, dearest sister in Christ, and all your dear ones!
I join in your earnest prayers for our country and I thank God for you.