that is louisiana and the united states, right. so, given rick santorum's solid track record in the south, many predict a win for the conservati conservative, and afterall louisiana is a culturally catholic state. we live in parishes and not counties and the year is organized on the catholic calendar and we always have good friday off and ween take a week off for mardi gras. cultural catholicism has the political effects. most of the statewide officeholders are catholic. in recent decades there have been heated racial politics in louisiana, but for the most, our leaders are catholics and the most beleaguered football team is the saints. so will the big easy catholics vote catholic? well, it depends upon what you think voting catholic is. it does not mean supporting the catholic candidate. in the primaries so far, catholic candidates newt gingrich and rick santorum have been losing the catholic vote to