You can be satisfied that Michael Reagan shares your opinion that it’s a good idea to pray for Obama.
But I am very happy you stopped your “Pray for Obama” threads and hope this will not encourage you to restart them. ;)
Scripture is very clear that Christians do, in fact, need to pray for their leaders. (Their enemies, too... sometimes these are one and the same.)
I try, but I’ll be honest: it’s one of the harder commands for me to follow, especially while Obama is POTUS.
Keep in mind however, that just because Christians must pray for their enemies and leaders does *not* imply we must pray that they be successful in harming us.
You can pray for them without endorsing their behavior or direction.
Biblical prayers are best.