Sonia Sotomayor Hearings

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Today there won't be much. All senators will give a speech. There are 19 senators on the committee so do the math.

Tomorrow will start the questioning. Things to watch for:

1. GOP senators will not go blood. They can't afford appearing too aggressive because the latino vote is huge.

2. Look for tough questions but just poking and prodding on the part of the GOP. They are going to look for weaknesses and try to exploit them but don't expect too much.

3. Expect non answers. Really long non answers.

GOP Whining Over SOTUS Nominee Hearing

This time the GOP is whining over the Dems July 13 confirmation hearing of Sonya Sotomayor. The dems decided on an earlier date to get her through the senate and onto supreme court business (But also to minimize the criticism period of the GOP.) Because Ms. Sotomayor has had SO much experience (being a lawyer then a federal judge and then an appeals court judge), she has a ton of work to sort through. The GOP wants as much time as possible to sift through all of her work to find things they don't like so they can complain to the media and hopefully, with enough crap, have her run out of town on a rail.

There are enough people combing through her decisions that she will have been thoroughly investigated before July 13. There are not going to be any real new revelations. She will get confirmed without any real obstruction from the GOP.

Why? They can't afford to alienate both latinos and women.