[Alex Murphy]

Among Protestants, McCain pulls even with the Democrats at 40 percent. But the Democrats have a whopping 32-point lead over McCain among Catholics.

Among white evangelical Protestants, McCain is doing better (51 percent to 28 percent), but clearly they have not rallied behind him at this point.

[swampdweller]

>i>But what else matters if jihadist organizations and/or rogue states build, buy, or steal nuclear weapons and detonate them inside the U.S.?

Exactly. It's time we suck it up and vote to keep our nation safe.

[joebuck]

McCain doesn’t care whether those Evanglicals are voting for him or against Barak “G...D...America” Obama. He still gets the vote.

[chopperman]

Another bogus poll. Rasmussen is the only one to give attention.

[Petronski]

McCain has a Hagee problem.

[Gumdrop]

This cannot be a valid poll - or it is at least 3 weeks old.

[ardara]

More Catholics will support John McCain when they find out that Obama is the most EXTREMELY pro-abortion candidate that ever ran for President of the United States.

[epow]

Should John McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime.”

Although as an evangelical Christian I believe the same as Dr. Dobson regarding all three current candidates, I can see a clear difference in the candidates which puts me in favor of McCain with all his faults and puts me against the Democrat candidates with their far more egregious faults. His voting record on right to life issues has been generally good except for his support for stem cell research, while both Hillary and Obama are hard core pro-abortion zealots.

I'm not sure about McCain's record on special "rights" for homosexuals or whether he supports or opposes the homosexual agenda in general. However, I am very sure that both of the Democrats would be in favor of awarding them more special "rights" at every opportunity. As for his vote against the proposed Protection of Marriage amendment, while I support the amendment I don't believe it could pass Congress with the required 2/3 majority or could be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures. Given that near certainty, McCain's opposition to the amendment would probably not have any practical bearing on the odds for or against it's passage.

Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize my tentative change of mind regarding my vow to not vote for any RINO ever again. I am still very reluctant to commit myself to voting for McCain who I regard as a borderline RINO tending to full blown RINO status. But later on as November approaches, the utterly vile, evil nature of Hillary or the far left agenda that Obama would bring to the office of Chief Executive and Commander in Chief may persuade me to once again fall for the elite country club Republican clique's pretense of offering something vaguely similar to a moderate version of conservatism and vote for McCain. If that happens it will be based wholly on the proposition that although he's not socially conservative enough or conservative enough in general to qualify for the office, he is still a far better choice than either Democrat on vital issues such as Federal judge and USSC Justice appointments, national defense, 2nd Amendment rights, deficit spending, right to life, and specious "rights" for homosexuals. In the meantime I intend to learn more about McCain and his Senate voting record in order to be able to make a defensible decision on whether or not to vote for him next November.