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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 5/31/2009
Who Gets to Shout "Identity Politics"?
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"Court Choice Pushes Issue of 'Identity' Back to Forefront," went yesterday's NYT front-page headline on a Peter Baker story . "Identity politics is back with a vengeance," Baker wrote. "The capital once again has polarized along familiar lines." Note the sources Baker quoted. On Sotomayor's ...
althouse.blogspot.com - 5/31/2009
Obama defends Sotomayor: "I'm sure she would have restated it."
— althouse.blogspot.com — Well, of course, she would have restated it if she'd thought, when she said it, that it... would be used by opponents of her Supreme Court nomination the way it's being used today. But that's why the original quotation is so interesting and deserving of ... (more) Obama defends Sotomayor: "I'm sure she would have ...

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Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor... , who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better ... (more) Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment - Yahoo! ...

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