Clinton running mate

[Verily]

Biden would be good.  He can bring in catholic voters, maybe swinging states like FL or OH.

I tend to disagree.  Don't get me wrong because I like Biden.  But speaking as a Catholic I don't vote for someone based on religion.  In fact I don't know of any Catholic who does vote based on religion.  There are some who vote based on view of Roe v Wade, but that's it.

Nor do I know any people like that, but there are some who are like that I am sure.  (People are also more likely to vote for someone they like and identify, think Bush's pork rinds and beer image in 2000 and 2004.)

Catholics just don't block-vote the way they once did. There might be a tiny number who do, but they are certainly not going to swing the election; the only 2004 Bush state with an above-average Catholic population is New Mexico. Every other Bush state has a lower percentage of Catholics than the national average.

Strickland, Bayh or Rockefeller, or maybe Manchin. That's pretty much it.

[Mr. Morden]

Catholics just don't block-vote the way they once did. There might be a tiny number who do, but they are certainly not going to swing the election; the only 2004 Bush state with an above-average Catholic population is New Mexico. Every other Bush state has a lower percentage of Catholics than the national average.

According to Wikipedia, there are a number of others:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_States

like Arizona, Louisiana, and North Dakota.  Now granted, Wikipedia is often wrong, and I'm too lazy to look up the original source, but are you sure NM is the only one?

[HappyWarrior]

Plus the reason Bush won Fl(Outside of fraud) in 2000 was through the Cuban vote.  And Cubans are by and large catholic.

[Wakie]

Catholics just don't block-vote the way they once did. There might be a tiny number who do, but they are certainly not going to swing the election; the only 2004 Bush state with an above-average Catholic population is New Mexico. Every other Bush state has a lower percentage of Catholics than the national average.

According to Wikipedia, there are a number of others:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_States

like Arizona, Louisiana, and North Dakota.  Now granted, Wikipedia is often wrong, and I'm too lazy to look up the original source, but are you sure NM is the only one?

I tend to think that the block of voters in NM is Hispanic and, therefore, more likely to support a ticket with Richardson on it than one with Biden.