Why would anybody bother doing a poll of American Catholics? It is not like the Cardinals are electing an American Pope. In an age where Catholicism is growing by leaps and bounds in Africa and Latin America, and there are a Billion people in China who desperately need to hear the Truth, the concerns of American Catholics seem fairly insignificant in the great scheme of things.
A religion reporter on one of the news shows said that the Vatican has practically given up on the West (America and Europe). I don't think the Vatican will particularly care about what Katie Couric and her ilk want. It looks like they're out of the picture.