“...but I can assure you that if it worked politically, Obama would NOT have been elected President.”
God does answer ALL of our prayers. But sometimes the answer is, “No” and it’s up to us to figure out why down the road. :)
(I know the following post is more fitted for the Religion forum, but it’s meant as an answer to your post)
If He answers “No”, it could be because He’s setting up the End Times for His people.
My pastor has said a few times that he can’t find America mentioned or even alluded to anywhere in the Scriptures. It could be (and this is pure speculation) that America is destroyed or so weakened/marginalized that we don’t figure anywhere in the End Times. And...it could be the Zero is the one God has set aside to accomplish this.