Who is the Stupak Coalition?  Who are these “at least twelve” Democrats who voted for health care reform last time but are willing to derail the President’s most cherished legislative agenda over the contentious issue of abortion?

Are they part of Bart Stupak’s imagination, as Rachel Maddow of MSNBC believes?  Are they Catholic pawns of the Roman Catholic Bishops as the Huffington Post argues?  Are they a faction of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition as Rush Limbaugh and many news outlets think?

In the wake of the controversy of the Stupak Dozen, six of the twelve have come out of the closet to support the beleaguered Michigan Democrat.  Are they all Catholics, Blue Dogs, or imaginary?  Let’s look and see.

Steve Driehaus is a fiscally liberal Roman Catholic from a blue collar section of Ohio.  He looks real.

Marion Berry is a retiring, Methodist Blue Dog Representative from Arkansas.  Many witnesses have confirmed his existence.

Joe Donnelly is a Catholic Blue Dog Democrat from Indiana.  Nobody has thus far called his reality into question.

Dan Lipinski is a fiscally liberal Catholic from Illinois.  All sources seem to agree upon his reality.

Kathy Dahlkemper is a Blue Dog Catholic Representative from Pennsylvania.  There are no known advocates that she is not real.

Jim Oberstar is a fiscally-liberal Catholic from Minnesota. The constituents who elected him 14 times seem to think he's real.

Bart Stupak is a fiscally liberal Catholic Democrat from Michigan.  The amount of news he is causing indicates that his reality is deeply probable.

Some have not yet come out of the Stupak closet but are allowing Stupak to take the heat on the issue while negotiating for their vote.  There are “at least twelve.”

The hard and fast statistics: 36% Blue Dog, 86% Catholic, and 100% real.