British Observer Looks At History of GOP and Catholics

A British observer of the American scene has Why the GOP is banking on Catholics A good piece and also gives us the forgotten tidbit that Nixon actually was one that started in an aggressive matter go after the Catholic vote.

As I posted a few days ago of course it's important to look at events in the late 60's and early 70's very closely. The departure of Evangelicals in areas of the country from the democrat party was at play too. The New Deal Coalition was fraying. See The CNN Article On How the GOP Got Catholic Is Incomplete . In that post this link tells a lot of the story.