By contrast in the United States, Catholics are now the largest religious group, approaching one quarter of the overall population, and they are statistically overrepresented in both houses of Congress and in many state legislatures. With six of the nine justices of the Supreme Court being Catholics and many others occupying positions of leadership in the armed services, in business and the professions, as well as a growing number of influential Catholic public intellectuals, it is perhaps little surprise that American Catholics are more assertive than their British counterparts. 

While I concluded that there is certainly no British "Robby" George, my mind also drifted in the direction of wondering whether, with his ever-increasing prominence, he might be tempted to follow Woodrow Wilson and consider standing for high public office. Considering the prestige of Princeton, and George's influence as a public intellectual, I doubt that he would want to enter machine politics, which is not to say that he might not play an important role in influencing the election of the next president. Certainly his is a name to keep in mind as the Republicans slowly work towards the 2012 elections.