Did Obama Just Use the Sotomayor Nomination To Lock in Florida?

[babylonsister]

:D Ahh, chess, anyone? And she's so qualified! Win/win!


Did Obama Just Use the Sotomayor Nomination To Lock in Florida?

By Bill Pascoe | May 27, 2009


President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor -- born to a Puerto Rican family in the South Bronx -- to be the next associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States may be the kind of political master stroke that puts Obama on the glidepath to reelection.

How? By locking in Florida, a state without which any hopes of a GOP comeback in 2012 dwindle virtually to nothing.

In the 15 presidential elections going back to 1952 -- of which Republicans have won nine, and Democrats six -- Florida was part of the winning GOP coalition in each of the party's nine national victories.

In fact, one has to go all the way back to 1924 to find the last time the GOP won the presidency without winning Florida.

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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/in_the_right/2009/05/did-obama-just-use-the-sotomay.html

[kickysnana]

1. Not if anyone is still following their 401k and have kids in schools. n/t

[babylonsister]

4. I don't even know what you're talking about.

Wrong thread? :shrug: You're from MN?

[kickysnana]

21. The majority of people in FL will not remember this in 3 years

and probably most cannot name the Vice President any longer right now. This is a silly wishful thinking article. 401k refers to the middle class and the economy will not be fixed in 3 years because they didn't fix it and the poor have only education to pull them up and that is still going downhill because money is not there yet either and even if it was it is going to take 2 years to get education up and running again even with money.

Am I glad she is being put forth, yes. She will be a great Supreme but that this will to turn Florida around is again, wishful thinking with no basis in reality.

[Cha]

18. WHAT?

Maybe you should explain what you mean by that nebulous statement?

[Orangepeel]

2. that's not why he picked her. but it's a nice bonus.

She's been mentioned as a potential Supreme Court pick since Clinton appointed her to the Appellate Court, so it isn't like Obama came up with this great surprise. He picked her because she is qualified, leans liberal, can get through confirmation and will add perspective to the court.

Florida's icing on the cake

[babylonsister]

3. I know, which is why I mentioned how qualified she is.

Yep, nice bonus.

[NYC_SKP]

5. The Republicans are doing a splendid job of alienating hispanic/latino voters.

So Sotomayor is a double whammy!

Hey Rush, speak up! Louder, louder!

[Cha]

19. rush bellowing out that the Latina Supreme Court

nominee is a "RACIST!"..'cause as usual he has nothing.

[Colobo]

6. He obviously won some good chunk of Hispanic support for 2012 with the pick.

That's for sure.

[blueclown]

7. What a insult to people's intelligence with this premise.

3 and a half years before Florida voters will vote for Obama's re-election, do you honestly think this will be the only thing on voter's minds come then?

[Butch350]

16. apparently not on yours.

[Cha]

20. You "insult" yourself

with your ignorant post.

[booksenkatz]

8. Now that Michigan is strongly "iffy," it's probably a good move for him. NT

[democrattotheend]

17. Why is Michigan iffy?

You mean because of the Chrysler bankruptcy?

I don't love what he's doing with that but at least it looks like he is doing something to protect the unions.

[Thrill]

9. Speaking of FL. No way Mel Martinez goes along with a fillibuster on Sotomayor

[grantcart]

10. and AZ, he is also bringing TX much closer and moving NV more blue

[Kaleva]

11. Obama picked her because he likes tacos

Maybe he picked her because he truly thought she was the most qualified.

[mucifer]

12. I think a lot depends on the economy. If we don't have jobs in this country,

people might not want to vote dem.

[babylonsister]

14. Do you think the unemployed people might figure out

when the job market went to hell in a hand basket and who created this environment?

[Arkana]

13. No, but it'll go a long way towards getting states like AZ, NM, and FL

in the next cycle.

[DrToast]

15. He's already on the glidepath to reelection.

I can't envision a scenario in which Obama loses in 2012.