I disagree. Catholics get elected to office all the time. Would it hurt him among Republican voters if he runs for the nomination? Maybe among the pope is the anti-Christ set. They’re a pretty small minority in the GOP. In the general election? I don’t think so. The last presidential candidate who was Catholic (nominally) was Kerry. Does anyone think he lost because he’s a Catholic? He lost because he’s Kerry.
You wrote:
“I disagree. Catholics get elected to office all the time.”
Think. How many converts to the Catholic faith have been elected to NATIONAL office lately? ZERO. How many ever? ZERO. How many US presidents have been Catholic? One. Just ONE. If Newt want to run for president, his Catholicism will be a problem. The same goes for Bobby Jindal.
“Would it hurt him among Republican voters if he runs for the nomination? Maybe among the pope is the anti-Christ set. They’re a pretty small minority in the GOP. In the general election? I don’t think so.”
History PROVES otherwise. Again, one Catholic president EVER. That’s EVER.
“The last presidential candidate who was Catholic (nominally) was Kerry. Does anyone think he lost because he’s a Catholic? He lost because he’s Kerry.”
He wasn’t a convert either.