Raw Story:
Conservative attacks on Obama's Supreme Court nominee kicked off even before he chose her as his next justice -- running the gamut from calling her "obnoxious" to dubbing her Obama's Harriet Miers.
On a radio program this morning, Think Progress notes, Curt Levey, executive director of the right-wing Committee for Justice, likened Sotomayor to Bush's failed court nominee -- Miers -- who he was forced to withdraw after heavy criticism.
"I would point you to the Harriet Miers nomination under the second President Bush," Levey said. "She was also many people felt an intellectual lightweight, picked because she was a woman, people felt. And even though Republicans controlled the senate, she ultimately had to withdraw. And that could happen here. This is someone who clearly was picked because she’s a woman and Hispanic, not because she was the best qualified. I could certainly see red and purple state Democrats gawking at it and she may very well have to withdraw her nomination."
Harriet Miers wasn't picked because she was a woman, Harriet Miers was picked because she was George W. Bush's lawyer and GWB was busy breaking the law. Republicans rejected her because a.) she wasn't remotely qualified and b.) the transparently self-serving nature of the appointment was a national joke.
I stick by my prediction of this morning, eventually someone will claim that Sotomayor is the most liberal Supreme Court nominee in history -- although, that's not really going out on a limb. Sotomayor isn't going to withdraw her nomination because she's too much of a lightweight. In fact, Raw Story reports that "Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) said on FOX News this morning that of all the nominees, Sotomayor 'brings the most in terms of judicial experience -- in terms of serving on a federal court -- in 100 years.'"
Barring some legal problems, I don't see anything real problems getting her into the SCOTUS.
