AITOOW thinks the admin wasted a move if they selected Sotomayor in the hopes of alienating Hispanics from the Republican party? I don't see the point. Non-exploitive (not thrown out of their country) Hispanics are used to being wards of the state. They are no different from the Afro American voting block. They were theirs to begin with. They are economic Democrats. Are they pulling a Harriet Myers? Hoping the Republicans will block her and "force/allow" Obama to appoint a more left leaning candidate while forcing the Repubs to look racially bigoted. It seems like unnecessary piling on. She's Puerto Rican so other Hispanics will eventually feel nothing for this choice and will gradually feel insulted that the admin lumps them all together. I would have gone for my Anti-Scalia while I had the votes and the country was embroiled in a recession.
If I was a Republican I would let her pass. Puerto Ricans may be the only Hispanic group other than Cubans to consider the elephant. In places like Florida this could swing the state. Florida could swing an election. It would also punish Obama for not going for a long shot first. It's not a "swing" vote. It's replacing a lib. She's not that young and is out of shape (lower life expectancy). It's not near mid-terms so no reason to rouse the base. Save the powder for the next selection.
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