[Clemenza]

That being said, we have basically become the Scots Irish smalltown Protestant party. Our share of the WHITE vote has dropped considerably. We’ll see 1. if Obama screws up enough to drive away white suburbanites and 2. if the GOP actually fields a competant candidate that can both appeal to conservatives (without being a snake handler) and to suburbanites outside of the south as well.

[Jim Noble]

That being said, we have basically become the Scots Irish smalltown Protestant party.

To which Irish Catholic Reagan Democrats are genetically allergic.

[yongin]

McCain did carry Catholics who attend Mass frequently. The problem is American Catholics are growing more secular. Unforunately, they identify more with Ted Kennedy than Rick Santorum.