Who represents American Catholics?

I don't know if Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is presenting Newsweek's official recognition of the new true leader or if this is her own opinion. She claims that Obama represents American Catholics better than the Pope--and is a much better person (more empathic, understanding, etc). Catholics have long been infamously poor at explaining the faith to their faithful, so it would not be a huge surprise to discover that a large fraction had started worshiping the secular messiah instead of Jesus--though I'd not care to take Newsweek's word for it. I gather that the anointed one garnered a majority of the Catholic votes, but that doesn't quite support Townsend's contention that Obama should teach Benedict the ropes.