Mother Jones: Why the GOP Can’t Sink Sotomayor
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
In a post today on MotherJones.com, Stephanie Mencimer writes:
“For the past month, Republicans have done their best to tar and feather President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. There’s been talk-radio griping about her now-infamous ‘wise Latina’ speech, charges of reverse racism, and lots of disparaging of “empathy” for the little people.
“But despite all the bluster, the GOP has secured just three known votes against Obama’s nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter, and they come from the party’s far-right fringe: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.). That’s not much of an army for a confirmation battle.
“Some conservatives seem perplexed that their attacks haven’t inflicted more damage. But they shouldn’t be. One revealing clue came in an endorsement last week, when Mother Jones reported that former Clinton special prosecutor Kenneth Starr had endorsed Sotomayor.”
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