Has President Obama lost millions of Catholic voters because of his new policy to provide free birth control to America's women? No, according to Gallup.



PRINCETON, NJ -- Catholics' views of President Obama were little changed during a week in which the administration battled publicly with Catholic leaders over whether church-affiliated employers should have to pay for contraception as part of their employees' health plans. An average of 46% of Catholics approved of the job Obama was doing as president last week, compared with 49% the prior week, a change within the margin of sampling error.

What's more, Obama's approval among regular churchgoing Catholics and non-practicing Catholics is exactly the same: 46 percent.The bishops might have the ear of Catholic punditry inside the Beltway , but apparently they don't have that great a hold on the rest of their flock.