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A pal sent this my way: a fascinating piece on George Bush and Catholicism from the Religion News Service, reprinted in tomorrow’s edition of the Washington Post: Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI’s election in 2005, President Bush met with a small circle of advisers in the Oval Office. As some mentioned their own religious backgrounds,…

My father was a Pennsylvania Democrat, from the coal mines of Scranton, back in the day when it meant supporting people like Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy. So it’s with no small amount of interest that I read today about how some of those same Democrats could prove decisive in the weeks to come. Both Clinton…

It would seem like a natural fit: Catholics and John McCain. But the presumptive GOP nominee may have his work cut out for him to woo that critical voting bloc. This, from U.S. News and World Report: When Sen. John McCain stood with Texas televangelist John Hagee last month and said he was “proud” to…

I’m referring, of course, to swing voters. Much has been made of how Catholics are voting this year — and now Tim Rutten has offered some intriguing secular analysis in the Los Angeles Times: Today, one in four Americans is a Roman Catholic. What makes all this particularly significant in this political year is that…
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