Republicans are running amok on how to attack Sotomayor most effectively. Nothing is sticking.
They started by trying out the Harriet Miers theory that Judge Sotomayor was basically some dumb broad who is where she is because of race, even twisting that into she’s a racist herself.
Karl Rove tried one tactic when Obama announced Sotomayor, that she “wasn’t that smart,” plus she also wasn’t that attractive, and now he’s trying another. Though how looks play into being on the Supreme Court I’ll never know. Now it’s her ability to empathize with people, which Rove believes revolves around –wait for it– “emotion.”
… “Empathy” is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn’t pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
There is a certain irony in a president who routinely praises America’s commitment to “the rule of law” but who picks Supreme Court nominees for their readiness to discard the rule of law whenever emotion moves them. …
Classic Karl.
As for bringing up Miguel Estrada, I doubt if one in ten Americans even remember who he is. Not exactly the lightning rod topic that will inspire outrage. Oh, right, Estrada was filibustered by Democrats when he was up for the Circuit Court of Appeals.
Pres. Obama obviously knows how this works, so he got out in front on his nominee. It’s paid off.
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters nationwide believe Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. That figure includes 59% who believe her confirmation is Very Likely.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just five percent (5%) say her confirmation by the Senate is unlikely.
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