Catholics vs Theocons

The push for a merger of church and party on the right appears to have backfired:

In a recent survey of 19 states that have held a presidential primary this year, 63% of Catholics identified themselves as Democrats, compared with 37% for Republicans, a sharp increase from 2005 when 42% of Catholics identified themselves as Democrats. One of every four voters in the U.S. is Catholic.

And Obama's share of the Catholic vote keeps inching upward.