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David Gibson attempts to stop the argument between Steven Waldman and me about Catholic voters. He says, in effect, there aren’t very many Catholic voters. Why? The number of Catholics who consider their faith important to their political decisions is lower than other religious groups, or so said the 2004 Pew survey he cites. Gibson…

Steven makes a bold statement that Catholicism has nothing to do with the Catholic Vote in Democratic primaries. That’s a bit extreme, although with the non-negotiable life issues of the Catholic church taken off the table among Democrats they do often seem Catholic-lite. Let’s remember, however, that Catholicism is a worldview before it is a…

For weeks there has been a national debate about the appropriateness of sermons preached by Rev. Jeremiah Wright from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Many preachers, both black and white, believed that Wright must have been misquoted, misrepresented, or demonized by the press – especially Fox News. On Monday morning,…

Steven Waldman suggests I take another look at my argument that Obama will not do well among Catholics if he is the nominee in November. If, as I argue, Obama turns off socially conservative Catholics, in part, because of his abortion extremism then Clinton should have the same problem. Fair enough, good question. It’s important…
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