According to the '08 exit polls, Hispanics made up 9% of the nat'l electorate. In states represented by GOPers whose '08 electorate was more than 9% Hispanic -- AZ (16%), FL (14%), NV (15%) and TX (20%) -- only one out of six sens. (the retiring [Mel] MartÃnez) voted for Sotomayor. Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Senate Min. Whip Jon Kyl, NRSC Chair John Cornyn, Hutchison and McCain all voted against.
Source: http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/08/parsing_the_gop.php
Showing posts with label Sonia Sotomayor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonia Sotomayor. Show all posts
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Sotomayor Confirmed 68-31
Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe (both Maine), Lindsay Graham (SC), George Voinovich (OH), Mel Martinez (FL), Dick Lugar (IN), Kit Bond (MO), Judd Gregg (NH), and Lamar Alexander (TN) joined a unified Democratic congress in confirming the first Hispanic and third female Supreme Court Justice.
As was the common reaction after Barack Obama's win in November: a great day for equality in America, a bad day for the law.
Interesting note: no Republican up for re-election in 2010 voted for Mrs. Sotomayor. Which seems to imply that there is not much fear of a hispanic backlash (though this post from yesterday shows that racial politics are still alive and well in America.)
As was the common reaction after Barack Obama's win in November: a great day for equality in America, a bad day for the law.
Interesting note: no Republican up for re-election in 2010 voted for Mrs. Sotomayor. Which seems to imply that there is not much fear of a hispanic backlash (though this post from yesterday shows that racial politics are still alive and well in America.)
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Some Democrats Want Obama's Next Supreme Court Appointment To Be MORE Liberal
“I think I would be comfortable if a more progressive judge were appointed in the future by President Obama,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a Judiciary Committee member, said in an interview Tuesday. “And I just hope he doesn’t see her as his leftward boundary.”
While (soon to be) Justice Sotomayor is by no means outside of the liberal judicial mainstream, most people would hope that he would not go so far as to appoint a radical, open activist, which is what exists to Sonia's left. This is why it is important that 30ish Republicans oppose her. We can keep our ideals by not attempting a filibuster (not that it would matter) on a qualified appointee with clear majority support, but it sends a message that she is as far as he can go.
Fource: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25252_Page2.html#ixzz0M0y4VkcA
While (soon to be) Justice Sotomayor is by no means outside of the liberal judicial mainstream, most people would hope that he would not go so far as to appoint a radical, open activist, which is what exists to Sonia's left. This is why it is important that 30ish Republicans oppose her. We can keep our ideals by not attempting a filibuster (not that it would matter) on a qualified appointee with clear majority support, but it sends a message that she is as far as he can go.
Fource: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25252_Page2.html#ixzz0M0y4VkcA
Monday, July 20, 2009
Leahy Plays The Race Card By Saying Republicans Played The Race Card
“You have one leader of the Republican Party call her the equivalent of the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Another leader of the Republican Party called her a bigot,” the Vermont Democrat said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The leadership of the Republican Party came out against her long before we had the hearings, long before they looked at her record. I think that’s unfair.”
“I hope we don’t go back to the day when we used to have African-Americans up for confirmation and say yes, but you belong to the NAACP so we’re really suspicious of you,” said Leahy. “Come on, stop the racial politics. ...”
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, tried to jump in, saying, “Come on, Pat, I want to disagree ...” but Leahy continued
Sessions defended his party as simply conducting a vigorous investigation of Sotomayor’s background.
“No Republican leader said she was a bigot,” said Sessions. “There’s nothing wrong with us asking about her personal views about legal positions that she took as a member of any organization. That’s a normal thing to do.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25138.html#ixzz0LpDii6XZ
“I hope we don’t go back to the day when we used to have African-Americans up for confirmation and say yes, but you belong to the NAACP so we’re really suspicious of you,” said Leahy. “Come on, stop the racial politics. ...”
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, tried to jump in, saying, “Come on, Pat, I want to disagree ...” but Leahy continued
Sessions defended his party as simply conducting a vigorous investigation of Sotomayor’s background.
“No Republican leader said she was a bigot,” said Sessions. “There’s nothing wrong with us asking about her personal views about legal positions that she took as a member of any organization. That’s a normal thing to do.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25138.html#ixzz0LpDii6XZ
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tom Coburn Knows How To Get It Out Of Her!
Tom Coburn, Senator from Oklahoma and hero of hardcore small government conservatives, seems to have a knack at putting Sotomayor on the spot. Watch as he calls her out on a lesser known, but arguably more important, speech she gave where she stated that foreign law should affect American judges' reasoning, and watch how she struggles to wash those comments away.
Then, there is a great (if not that enlightening) exchange concerning gun rights, full with I Love Lucy reference.
Finally, here she is punting on a straight-forward, very specific question concerning abortion, something she has done quite a bit of during these hearings, which, in all honesty, is probably the right strategic move. Also, note Coburn being the Southern Gent that he is.
Source: The Politico
Then, there is a great (if not that enlightening) exchange concerning gun rights, full with I Love Lucy reference.
Finally, here she is punting on a straight-forward, very specific question concerning abortion, something she has done quite a bit of during these hearings, which, in all honesty, is probably the right strategic move. Also, note Coburn being the Southern Gent that he is.
Source: The Politico
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