Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:18:35 PM
Leave it to Greg Sargent to conclude that the big scoop here
is that no GOP senators pressed her on the earlier remark at her ‘98
appellate confirmation hearing, where the scrutiny’s normally a
fraction as intense as it is for a SCOTUS appointment. The real
significance, of course, is that it puts the lie to the White House’s
feeble spin about how Sotomayor supposedly misspoke in 2001, a position the nominee herself has been forced to adopt even though people on her own side admit it’s nonsense.
Evidently, the idea that her biology makes her a superior judge has
been with her for decades. The only wrinkle: In 1994 she insisted it
was her gender that made her “better” and by 2001 that notion had
evolved to include race as well. Nice to know that her progressivism
became more “sophisticated” over time.
Last week,
I wrote that the Republicans have an opportunity with the Sonia
Sotomayor nomination not to conduct filibusters or fire-breathing
sermons, but to calmly and dispassionately demonstrate that neither she
nor Barack Obama represent the opinions of the majority of Americans on
identity politics. A new Quinnipiac poll
underscores that opportunity. A majority of voters across a wide swath
of demographics oppose affirmative action and race- and gender-based
setasides in government, education, and academia