In an ideal world… who would you vote for?

Let’s close our eyes for a moment and dream of an ideal world in which all the three (two?) presidential candidates oppose abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Everything else remaining the same as it stands today: who would you vote for and why?

I’m not particularly a fan of hypotheticals, but I would like to set the stage for discussing their respective positions on issues that concern us from a Catholic perspective. The truth of the matter is that one of them is going to win in November even if we choose to protest and vote third party. So, taking into account their positions on economic issues, policies, foreign affairs, healthcare, among others, who do you think could run this country the best and who would align the closest to Catholic teaching?

My pick: Obama. I’m not going to explain why as of yet, because I want to read your opinions rather than have you focusing on my reasons and argue against them 😉

(I’ll be moderating comments on this one, so I’ll be deleting comments that are not related to the question so we can keep a focused discussion. Thanks)

Update–Breakdown so far:

McCain: 41%

Obama: 23.5%

Other: 23.5%

Hillary/Obama: 6%

Undecided: 6%