While the Democrat hierarchy must be debating Biden's candidacy, there is another fascinating aspect to Biden in the upcoming race: While
he does not stack up well against Ryan generally, he is Catholic.
Ryan,
as a Catholic, offers a concrete challenge to traditional Catholic
Democrat votes that will be questioning Obama over the requirement that
Catholic institutions financially support abortifactants through the new health care system. This challenge could easily be presented as part of Ryan's small government message. The rank-and-file
Catholic is much less devoted to the right-to-life position than is the church
hierarchy. Ditto the gay rights debate. But they are very sensitive to
the religious freedom question and might mobilize against Obama over it
if they had a good leader.
Ryan might do that, but Biden could blunt it.
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