As a conservative, I don’t think we could have asked for a much better pick. Is she probably and anti-life justice? Probably. Does she “legislate from the bench” For sure. Still, Obama won and he is allowed to pick whoever he wants as long as they are qualified. To say Sotomayor is not qualified is a joke. She has been a federal judge for nearly 20 years. Here experience is unparallel. Her academic record speaks toward her intelligence. She can handle the job. Just because she made a horrible decision in the New Haven case, this does not mean she ought not to be put through. Clearly her gender and ethnicity were a factor, but so what? She is just as qualified as anyone else, and to pick her and her be a Hispanic and a women is a huge Obama bonus.
Do want to note something that I hope bites the Dems in the butt. Remember Democrats trying to harp on the fact that McCain only met with Governor Palin once before she was picked as VP? Remember they all said how horrible it was that she did not know this and that she did not do that and everything. Well Obama picked Sotomayor after having a one hour face to face meeting with Sotomayor last week. Where is the outcry from these Democrats that Obama did not properly talk to Sotomayor. The truth is we don’t know how she is going to rule in a lot of these cases. Maybe, just maybe she will be a little more conservative than the Obama people bargained for. We shall see.
