McConnell, Bunning agree: They'll vote no on Sotomayor

[oberliner]

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday that he'll oppose Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, lending his voice to a chorus of conservatives who've vowed to vote no on making the appellate judge the court's first Hispanic justice.

McConnell's announcement followed several days of Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, during which several panel members tried to unravel Sotomayor's views on race and determine if ethnic loyalty rather than judicial oath would influence her rulings.

A day earlier, Kentucky's junior senator, Republican Jim Bunning, said he also found the jurist "unsuitable to be a member of the United States Supreme Court."

In opposing Sotomayor, McConnell alluded to what he called "an alarming lack of respect for the notion of equal justice."

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1146508.html

Any guesses on what the final vote will look like?

[HopeHoops]

1. Fuck 'em - who needs them?

This whole thing has been a circus where the elephants have simply defecated on their own records. The hypocrisy is staggering. You would think that BY NOW, they would realize that everything they've said in previous hearings is on tape and it doesn't take long to put together the "then vs. now" show of stupidity.

[oberliner]

2. Interesting to see which Republicans will vote "no" here

Clearly it's all politics, but to say she is not qualified to be a Supreme Court justice just seems beyond the pale, even for Republicans.

[Lilyeye]

17. Didn't you hear? Affirmative Action got her in . There is no way she is as qualified as a white man.

[aaaaaa5a]

3. I think she will have 69 votes. NT

[JohnnyLib2]

4. My senators--

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[rurallib]

8. My sympathy - but you can't say your surprised

one could easily say that they are in the Pat Buchanan wing of the republican party.
Actually who in the republican party isn't in the Buchanan wing anymore?

[JohnnyLib2]

25. Nope, no surprise.

I'm hoping we see McConnell's influence shrinking when the votes come in on S.S.

[BlooInBloo]

5. I think we'll get 20+ republican votes.

[TahitiNut]

6. Well, that amounts to an endorsement for Sotomayor. There are SOME supporters not worth having.

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

7. I think she'll get 75-23, or slightly better. Not as much as 80-18, I don't think.

:shrug:

[rurallib]

9. Repugs say 23 NO votes is a victory for them

I have no idea why.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Lame Spin...lame....

[TahitiNut]

19. Roberts was confirmed by a 78-22 vote. I think that's ONE reason they make that claim.

The other is to "manage expectations" ... so they can claim an "accomplishment."

[marmar]

10. Says the batshit crazy KY senatorial contingent....

n/t

[JI7]

11. who gives a shit about their votes,

[KharmaTrain]

12. Who Care...51 Will Do

I expect she'll get far more, but who cares how many votes as long as she's confirmed.

[WI_DEM]

14. I wouldn't have guessed otherwise.

[oberliner]

23. How did Ginsberg and Scalia get confirmed by near unanimous margins?

Are those days over now?

[mnhtnbb]

15. Hey Mitch & Jim, why don't you do what Cheney suggested?

[Critters2]

16. Just keep reminding Latino voters of this, in every election between

now and 2012, or even beyond. The Repugs don't want their votes. So, they shouldn't get them.

[gratuitous]

18. "Unsuitable," Mr. Bunning?

Yeah, summa cum laudes from Princeton, 17 years on the federal bench, that's a dime a dozen! Now, Slappy Thomas! There's a Supreme Court Justice for ya! His sphincter just exactly fits Fat Tony's pudgy hand.

[SoCalDem]

20. BFD. Are we expected to be surprised?

Shame on news people for being shallow enough to even ask.

[oberliner]

22. Well Ginsberg was confirmed 96-3 and Scalia was 98-0

Certainly Sotomayor is more in the center than either of those two justices, yet I doubt she will receive as many votes from the opposite side of the aisle.

[SoCalDem]

24. The climate was a lot less toxic back then n/t

[DefenseLawyer]

21. Bunning instead supports "Oatmeal" for the high court

Asked to explain his support for a high fiber breakfast food to sit on the Supreme Court, Bunning explained, "I like cheese."