Two key GOP senators to oppose Sotomayor

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: CNN

By Bill Mears
CNN Supreme Court Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two key Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced their opposition to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Friday, a further sign the party's conservative base is uniting against President Obama's first high court pick.

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the former chairman of the committee, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, head of the party's Senate campaign committee, announced on the Senate floor their intention to vote against the 55-year-old federal appeals court judge.

Hatch's decision came as something of a surprise. The veteran Republican has voted for every high court nominee in his 32-year Senate career, including President Clinton's two liberal choices, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

Hatch had praised Sotomayor's "credentials and experience" and the fact that she would be the first Hispanic justice. But despite the nominee's compelling life story, Hatch said that controversial off-the-bench comments by Sotomayor troubled him.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/24/sotomayor.vote/index.html

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Just the usual suspects, grandstanding for The Base.:eyes:

[Zynx]

1. How are they "key"?

They don't matter.

[theothersnippywshrub]

7. I think the Reich Wing of the Party of Death wants Sotomayor to receive fewer votes than Alito did.

As I understand it, such an outcome would somehow provide meaning and justification for their turdish pathology.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. They are vital to maintaining the collective delusion that is the GOP. nt

[No Elephants]

10. I think Hatch may even be retiring soon. That makes him "key."

To poop on.

[izquierdista]

11. Keys to the nuthouse

Someone has to hold them for DeMint and Coburn, or they will wander over to C street.

[Blasphemer]

2. So the GOP is busy lining up their vote split *yawn*... nt

[brooklynite]

3. In other breaking news...

The Sun will rise in the East tomorrow...

[timeforpeace]

4. Against 60, no repukes are key.

[No Elephants]

12. Are you assuming party loyalty from the Blue Dogs?

Well, I guess they could get the folks back home to understand this.

[rurallib]

5. As surprising as cornfields in Iowa in the summer

[Laf.La.Dem.]

6. BIG Surprise

The big surprise is that ANY Republican will vote for Sotomayor!!!

[emulatorloo]

9. GOOD - The Hispanics in Texas will make quick work of Cornyn next time he is up for re-election

And then we will not have to deal with this JERK any longer.

[No Elephants]

13. So, AP is not the only organization that makes a habit of misleading headlines.

Key?

I guess CNN hoped that word would fool people into thinking this qualifies as news.

Silly CNN,.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

14. Another example of the GOP's 'Courting the Hispanic Vote' strategy.

Here's hoping it will be as successful as the Titanic's 'Hug the Iceberg' strategy. :)

[kimmylavin]

17. LOL

Ruined my keyboard. :)

[AlbertCat]

15. So? The point is?

[and-justice-for-all]

16. We do not need repukes or their opinions...nt

[Hubert Flottz]

18. I didn't know there were any "Key Republicans" left in the senate?