After an initial wave of blistering attacks on Sonia Sotomayor that went so far as to call her a “racist,” it’s now become apparent that the leading Republicans have reined in the more ferocious barbs — if only, perhaps, because they recognize the political peril of alienating Hispanics and independents.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=141718