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Justice Sotomayor.

Oath on Saturday. Hurrah!

Well, not exactly…

CNN

Debate is scheduled to continue Wednesday to determine whether federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Debate, huh? Whatever the Sotomayor proceedings may or may not be, there's been no debate involved. Performance would be a better word, perhaps. The outcome of the confirmation vote is hardly a matter of conjecture and certainly isn't hanging on anything that might be said by anyone on the Senate floor.

Of course, I'm delighted that that's the case, and hopeful that even more Republican Senators will demonstrate some understanding of and allegiance to constitutional democracy and join the growing list of yes votes among their colleagues (Kit Bond (R-MO) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) are the latest additions.)

Whatever's yet to come, though, there's no debate.

Time to vote.

Admittedly...

...I only got this one, snagged from 'Natch, because The Quarterback is three now and Grandpa Shaun's had a pretty big dose of Dora the last few months...


If the wise Latina's Dora , my money's on her over most any white male I know, not excepting myself. Whatever the question, the answer's somewhere in her backpack, I'm sure.

No they don't.

McClatchy headline...

Sotomayor's finances look a lot like the average person's

Let's get real. Judge Sotomayor is a single woman with about 70% equity in a million dollar Manhattan condo, a piece of New York rental property, a primary income of $180k a year or so guaranteed for as long as she wants it (and avoids an impeachable felony), another $25k in pin money from a side job and a couple million set aside in a defined benefit pension.

She is, in other words, a wealthy person. Not as wealthy, perhaps, as Chief Justice Roberts, who came to the court with about $6 million in the bank, but her finances don't look anything like the "average person's".

Can we stop the silly now?

Let's hope they're not listening,,,

...to Peggy Noonan. Not that there's much risk, given that she sounds somewhat rational on the call for a confirmation fight over Sonia Sotomayor...

Excite the base? How about excite a moderate, or interest an independent? How about gain the attention of people who aren't already on your side?

I've never really understood the whole "excite the base" strategy, anyway. Isn't the "base" supposed to be made up of folks who are with you regardless? Democrats call 'em yellow dogs, Republicans call 'em, what? Lunatics? They sure spend enough time howling at the moon...

Ya' think?

John "I don't support torture, I just vote for it" McCain…

"Justice Sotomayor may be qualified and we will examine that, but I think I would not have nominated her."

No foolin'? Ya' think maybe that's a reason you lost?

Just one reason out of a bunch, of course, but a big one, I figure...

Quote of the day.

"I commend President Obama for nominating a well-qualified woman."

Sen. Olympia Snowe on Sonia Sotomayor.

Yep, we can get this done for the new Court term.

Regarding Supreme Courts…

…it sounds like Obama got it right, but…


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