Half the country believes that they have found the messiah, the other half is still searching for Ronald Reagan.
I have provided a link to politico.com and their interactive Electoral College map. The division on the direction that the U.S. should take among voters is interesting when one looks at the regional geographical divide, and in some cases the states that have a well defined geographical divide between supporters of Mitt Romney and President Obama.
Some pundits and politicians are already claiming that President Obama has been given a mandate. Unfortunately for President Obama, and fortunately for the country voters sent their own message by sending a Republican majority back to The House of Representatives.
In the weeks to come experts will weigh in on the reasons that Mitt Romney lost the election. I am more concerned with the fact that President Obama received 50% of the Catholic vote.
The Catholics that voted for Obama are what I call cultural Catholics. They are willing to identify themselves as Catholic, as long as the Church requires nothing in return. The bishops should also take their share of the blame when 50% of Catholics vote for someone who believes in unfettered abortion. The constant yammering about social justice issues from the 70's up to the present day rather than catechizing the faithful has produced E coli for the soul, rather than nourishment. More Aquinas please, less Father Pfleger.
I am reminded of Pontius Pilate when a Catholic tells me that even though they do not support abortion they can justify a vote for President Obama because of his social conscience. It is like saying human sacrifice is bad, but if it helps bring rain to the crops it is not all bad. I imagine a line of Catholics at the gates of Heaven with the Litany of Lady Macbeth coming from their lips....."Out Damned Spot" as they try to back away from abyss that leads to the Big Nowhere.
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/1732/churchattendance_numbers_tell_a_different_story.aspx
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/1730/obama_wins_the_catholic_vote_again_updated.aspx
http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012
