Republican Grilling of Sotomayor Doesn't Help with Hispanic Voters

Time by Jay Newton-Small | Jul. 16, 2009 (News Analysis)

By the third morning of Sonia Sotomayor's hearings to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, the atmosphere in the room was practically jovial. Despite the best efforts of some Republicans to spark a confrontation on hot-button issues like abortion, gun rights or her general approach to judging, Sotomayor had largely steered clear of any trouble, and the process had taken on an air of inevitability. But that didn't mean the grilling of a Latina woman by a ... Full Story »

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Topics: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 16, 2009 - 6:16 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Joey Baker (review), Jack Dinkmeyer (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 16, 2009 - 6:16 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 16, 2009

No data in here about how many Hispanic-Americans are actually paying attention to Sotomayor's confirmation, only assumptions. I'm sure this is an especially important event for many Hispanics, but where are the numbers that demonstrate this?

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 16, 2009

an examination of how race reared its head for Republicans during Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. As the author suggests at the end, this may all be much ado about nothing, as she will likely be confirmed handily.

I'm stunned by how daft so many Republican Senators are to issues of race. I also think that the best we can hope for from them is political ... More »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Jul. 18, 2009

This news story recounts behaviors of radical conservatives stuck in the early part of the last century–firmly planted in the “white boys’ club, minorities need not apply.” At this stage it’s far too soon to make comments about whether badly out-of-touch racist, radical conservatives have committed suicide with minorities–an important segment of voters. That shall be determined at the next election. What the hearings really showed was the shocking racist, sexist hate ... More »

Sadly, radical conservative racist, sanctimonious, two-faced, hatred-peddling prejudices will resonate with far too many Americans scared the ... More »

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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 16, 2009

Good quotes to back up the case. Meta-analysis.

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