Prominent Catholic Dems Bail on Obama over Contraceptives - EVEN THOUGH THEIR CHART CONTRADICTS THIS
They put up this scary headline but the facts, including the front and center CHART do not back up the byline. The link that got me to this article, said "Catholic Dems leaving Obama over Contraception issue." But let us look at their chart:
So, I'm looking a this chart and it seems to me that the only opposition are among WHITE EVANGELICALS - big shocker. Not this HUGE Catholic exodus.
By SCOTT WONG | 2/8/12 8:09 PM EST
"President Barack Obama’s contraceptives edict has handed Republicans an election-year gift. But now, the president may have a problem with his own party, too.
"A handful of high-profile Catholic Democrats are bailing on the president and joining the GOP chorus of critics. They’re arguing that the rule needs to be significantly softened if not, as Republicans want, scrapped altogether.
"At this point, the Democratic defectors are few in number but tall in stature. They include two swing-state pols on the November ballot — Obama’s former DNC chairman, Tim Kaine, who’s running for Senate in Virginia, and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey — as well as House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson.
"But an intraparty values rift — likely to be most pronounced in battleground states with large numbers of Catholic voters, like Pennsylvania — can’t be helpful to Obama as he heads into the general election."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72650.html
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