Senate GOP risks alienating Hispanics over court pick

Senate Republicans will be put in a tough spot with regard to the nation’s first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court.

If they are tough in opposing President Obama’s first pick for the court, Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, they risk alienating the growing Hispanic constituency that is already trending Democratic. But if they go too easy on her, the conservative base will rebel. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - May. 26, 2009

Youngman looks mostly at Republican potential strategies and their difficulties in opposing her nomination without parading ethnic prejudice for all to see.

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