Sonia Sotomayor Pick Surprised Me

Courtesy Donklephant  Tue, 05/26/2009 - 9:18am

I know she was the most buzzed about, but I genuinely didn’t think he was going to go with her because there’s a good chance it’ll turn into a fight given some of her past statements.

Also, some of the left were whispering that they weren’t too impressed with her intellect, so I thought Obama would want to avoid any sort of Harriet Miers situation.

However, you can tell the administration is trying to do...



 

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