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May 26th, 2009
GOP Race Gauntlet on Sotomayor
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GOP Race Gauntlet on Sotomayor
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At the top of the 3 p.m. hour came a hint for Republicans of the race gauntlet ahead.
On MSNBC, Nora O'Donnell led the hour with the news “breaking now” of “surprising reaction” that “some on the right are already critical of the woman that would be the nation's first Hispanic American on the high court.”
These are the subtle media comments that infuriate conservatives. Conservative opposition to Sonia Sotomayor is framed not as a dispute over policy and worldviews—liberal vs. conservative legal disputes—but opposition to her as a Latina.
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