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I believe that whoever wins in November is the guy that Jesus wants in that position this coming January. Whether it is to bless our nation or curse our nation will become apparent in the months and years following.

That being said, if Jesus wants to bless our nation, I believe he will keep GWB. If God wants our nation to be cursed, then Kerry is a shoe in.

I can't disagree with your conclusions. It's a controversial theological point, I'll admit, but my experience with intercession tells me that God may will something for someone, or for the nation or world, but if there is no one to pray it out, to give voice to God's heart and mind in prayer, it won't come to pass.

One reason I believe that the 2000 election was so unique was that God wanted people to pray out for the election of George W. Bush...but God was testing His people to see if anyone really cared one way or another who was elected President. I'm sure that had believers not interceded for Bush's election in 2000, God would have been pleased to have let Gore steal the election, and our nation would have continued its downward slide. I think the same applies this year as well: I believe that God would prefer to have someone in the Oval Office, directing the policies and priorities of this nation, who diligent seeks Him in the job he is doing. We have such an executive in George W. Bush. But if believers don't care enough to diligently pray that a man of God serve in the presidency, God is willing to allow Kerry to win, and to pursue policies based upon his radical secularism.

God is sovereign, but He partners with believers who will do the work of intercession to know the heart and mind of God to pray it into existence.