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I can understand how you feel regarding the "Evangelical" or "born again" terminology and what images those words conjure. As far as that is concerned, I'm with you. But people who are Christians are for practical purposes, lumped as an "Evangelicals" for the convenience of political pundits. However, they are not all of one mind. There are the "conservative Evangelicals" who are more likely to be the people who oppose progressive social agendas (abortion rights, marriage equality, etc), who desperately want conservative judges on the benches and want to protect (and dare I say in some cases, impose) prayer in public forums, etc, etc, etc... These are the "Bushys" or those who want Huckabee to win, generally speaking.
Then there are the freestyle evangelicals. These people (again, generally speaking) tend to vote Democratic and care about issues such as poverty and the environment. They are not overly concerned by a progressive social agenda. I'm in that second group. I am a Christian. But I don't proselytize or beat people over the head with my Bible. And I respect other people's right to worship (or not worship) the way they see fit. And I am very concerned about poverty and the environment, not just from a social standpoint, but because as a Christian, I see it as commands from God to be "stewards of the Earth" and to protect "the least of these."
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