[Christian B]

You're right about the practicing vs non-practicing. For Catholics that went to church atleast once a week, Bush won by 10% points. 55/45 is hardly a convincing victory for Bush among practicing Catholics.

[B-A-Grizzley]

I think you have to factor in those who are members of the AFL/CIO/UAW/CWA and other unions who are led to vote Dumbocrat by the misinformation of the Union Leadership and confiscation of their union dues to feed the DNC.

Also, elderly Catholics who are mainly concerned about Social Security and think they are still voting for FDR when they walk in the booth.

[Mr. Thorne]

No, but again, it falls back, like some other folks have said, to heritage.

I know some RC's (especially of Irish and Italian descent) who just cannot get past the image of the Republicans as anti-immigrant WASP's.

For people like that, no amount of hand shaking or philosophical agreement will make GW an acceptable candidate.

BTW, once again, this is reciprocal on the protestant/evangelical side. My wife's family is Southern Baptist, and you could not have found a better group of Clinton apologists and Gore supporters. They were both Southern Baptists, baby, and that's all there was to it!