My “cousin” Craig Crawford does some blogging on CQ Politics and offers this insightful analysis of the expected fallout from this week’s Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:
President Obama is free to go hard left with his next Supreme Court appointment. That’s the lesson of the failed attacks on nominee Sonia Sotomayor during this week’s Senate confirmation hearing.
Racially-tinged inferences, snide liberal bashing and the shameless pandering to anti-intellectual sentiment that once won the day for Republicans are now falling flat. The Sotomayor nomination has proved to be yet another test case for the efficacy of traditional conservative attack lines.
Republicans might have hoped to use this hearing to put limits on how far the President can safely go in picking liberals for future openings. Instead, they showcased just how narrow and out of touch their political base has become.
One of the commenters on Craig Crawford’s blog remarked: “In your typically understated way, I think you have presented the situation perfectly. As I was listening to the hearings while driving about the last 2 days, I swear I could hear the Cubanas of FL change parties.”
Another interesting comment on the current political landscape comes from Meghan McCain, daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain, in a profile published by Out magazine: “Joe the Plumber — you can quote me — is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing.”
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