Reagan aide: Don’t go to war over nominee
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Confirmation Process, Opinion
Ed Rollins, former national chair of the Republican Party and White House political director under President Reagan, says today on CNN.com that the “confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor is not the battle to be waged and it won’t be won.”
“Sotomayor is not deserving to be on the Supreme Court because she is Puerto Rican or a woman. She has been appointed by the president because she is extremely well-qualified. Judge those qualifications fairly and without malice. To do less will antagonize Hispanic and female voters, two voter groups Republicans must do better with to have any chance of electoral success.
“Don’t treat her like a lady,” writes Rollins. “Treat her like an extremely qualified American who the president chose to elevate to the nation’s highest court.”
Read the full commentary here.
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