text: These polls and this article appear to reflect figures obtained before the release of the infamous Billy Bush tape and Trump's own admissions of sexual assault followed by his denials of impropriety.  Meanwhile, as today's NCR editorial indicates, the US Catholic hierarchy is still promoting The Donald, largely on the basis of the character of the judicial appointments Trump claims he would make.  The Catholic voters do not appear ready to follow the lead of the bishops or whisk Trump into the Oval Office.  A future column on the "Catholic vote" post-tape release could tell us a lot about what's happening in church as well as state.