Romney/Ryan is first major party ticket with no Protestant on it.

[Rhodie]

Or maybe the country's moved on?

[Rhodie]

I think we should all admit that white Catholics are the most powerful swing voters in this country.  The republicans know that the southern evangelicals will always vote for them. 

Now in order to win the swing states, the GOP needs to appeal to the "Reagan Democrats" which are essentially white Catholics (who voted for Kennedy, FDR, etc.). 

The southern evangelicals may stay home, but then they concede to the half-black Obama and the Liberal Democrats. 

Catholic Paul Ryan ensures Romney victories in Iowa, Ohio, Florida, and Wisconsin. 

No, because the Catholic vote is now so fragmented that I doubt it will transform into a bloc vote.

[Rhodie]

No, because the Catholic vote is now so fragmented that I doubt it will transform into a bloc vote.

The USA is becoming more Catholic as a whole, especially with more Hispanic immigrants. 

It makes complete sense for the GOP to embrace Catholic candidates if they want to survive for the next 50 years. 

Democrats think they have a lock on Hispanic and Catholic voters, but that will go away. 

Its pretty cool to think that Catholics have taken over from the Protestants as the most powerful religious group in the country. 

The GOP already has many Catholic politicians. But voting patterns simply have lost their sectarian character.

[Rhodie]

Paul Ryan is undoubtedly an atheist.

And on what do you base such an accusation?