Obama won 53% of the US Roman Catholic vote in 2008. I guess he's hoping he'll be able to find those votes elsewhere in 2012.
That is a disheartening and discouraging statistic. I blame the Bishops for a good part of that vote. Their "voter guide" was lengthy and convoluted in its arguments. What was it -- 8 or 12 2-sided pages long? In our church, no other piece of voter information was allowed. How can you equate killing babies with protecting our borders? Or promoting unions? Disgraceful and misguided.