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Republicans Give Up On Hispanic Vote
I have heard many in the news media refer to the Supreme Court hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination as boring and having very little real news value. Chris Mathews and Peggy Noonen even complained that she was “over coached” and stiff. A boring and uneventful nomination hearing was exactly what the President wanted for... »
Sonia Sotomayor: The Senators Own The Stage
As I watched the Supreme Court hearings the last couple of days, I was surprised but not shocked that the Republican Senators were being so tough on Sonia Sotmayor. It seemed, at first, to be completely counterproductive for the Republicans to continually repeat the same attacks over and over again with no expectation of... »
Sonia Sotomayor – Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan has resurfaced as a reliably conservative sound bite machine for MSNBC this week over Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee. Pat seems to be singularly focused on the one issue of the white firefighters who filed a discrimination suit against New Haven Ct. The case, and Sotomayor’s ethnicity has combined for him into a... »
Supreme Court Nominee – Rush Limbaugh
The day just wouldn’t be complete without a quick note about Rush Limbaugh. Rush predictably chimed in with his unique vision of Sonia Sotomayor. Rush just couldn’t help himself and had to make it all about race. The very fact that Sotomayor is Hispanic became the sole reason Obama nominated her and in turn,... »
Supreme Court Nomination – The Left
While the right wing pundits spent time beating their chests and spitting into the gale force winds that constitute the Sotomayor nomination, the left were so confident in ultimate victory in this battle that they could spend their time analyzing the right’s strategy and tactics. Chris Mathews Hardball made it quite clear that the... »
Diversity is Better
Setting aside the political and social conventions of the day, one could argue that having a Latino woman or an African American man as a representative at the constitutional convention would have produced a “better” result that included all Americans in the democratic system instead of institutionalizing the exclusion of some. One could argue... »
Political Buffet
- Talking to Rasmussen March 13, 2010
- Lawmaker Quits After Hot Tub Confession March 13, 2010
- Rubio's Lavish Rise to the Top March 13, 2010
- Quote of the Day March 13, 2010
- You Have to be Crazy to Run for President March 13, 2010
Video Buffet
- Schultz says Fox & Friends' endorsement of "treating people like dogs" is "psycho talk" March 13, 2010
- Hannity's No. 1 example of "reckless" stimulus "waste": A project his reporter acknowledges is "important" March 12, 2010
- Wallis says "Mormon leaders have called me today to apologize and to say they're embarrassed by" Beck's social justice comments March 12, 2010
- O'Reilly: "You always hear the cops are picking on African-Americans, but whites are arrested way higher than African-Americans" March 12, 2010
- Beck: If "you're on government assistance," the government "ha[s] every right" to regulate your life March 12, 2010