Obama unveils his "Catholics for Obama" 2012 team.

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http://ncronline.org/news/politics/obama-campaign-unveils-its-catholics-obama-2012-team

The Obama campaign unveiled its "Catholics for Obama" team for 2012 on Monday in an effort to burnish its credentials with a key voting bloc whose leaders have increasingly voiced their opposition to the administration over issues like gay marriage and abortion rights.

The roll-out had been months in the making and long expected, given the importance of the Catholic vote -- nearly one quarter of the electorate, concentrated in battleground states.

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"What's distinctive about Catholics and politics is our ancient idea of the common good," Schneck said. "We measure that by how the working class and poorest among us are doing. Government, for us Catholics, is obliged to be caring. It's obliged to serve and to help build the country as whole. President Obama 'gets' this at a deep level."

Schneck seemed to be taking aim at Rep. Ryan's controversial budget plan -- a focus of Democratic efforts since Ryan was named Saturday -- when he stressed that the GOP ticket "embraces policies that would decimate programs that serve the vulnerable and seniors while giving more tax cuts to the wealthy."

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Stephen Schneck is the director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at Catholic University of America.

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Romney also has a "Catholics for Obama" team, and its national leaders are all former Ambassadors to the Vatican.
Here's the list of Obama's national co-chairs:

Former State Rep. Polly Baca, Colorado
Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, Washington, D.C.
Rep. Xavier Becerra, California
Nicholas Cafardi, Pennsylvania
Former Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, Pennsylvania
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois
Miguel Foster, Michigan
Thomas Groome, Massachusetts
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Massachusetts
Victoria Kovari, Michigan
Sr. Jamie Phelps, Louisiana
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Maryland
Former Rep. James Oberstar, Minnesota
Lawrence Parks, Washington, D.C.
Fred Rotondaro, Washington, D.C.
Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio
Stephen Schneck, Washington, D.C.
John Sweeney, Maryland
Mark Tuohey, Washington, D.C.

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1. AND ME

Life long Catholic, Life long Democrat, Life long follower of St. Francis of Assisi.
PS But I'm still angry with Pres. Obama for signing the bill taking the wolf off of the ESA.

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2. All the Catholics I know voted for, and will vote for President Obama. n/t

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3. Me, too. They're all Kennedy/Biden fans. n/t