Legal Commentary

Pols Are Pols . . . GOP Edition

By Big Tent Democrat

The Red State heads are exploding today:

Sotomayor: Qualified, mainstream Judicial confirmation hearings weren't always ideological witch hunts.

By Pat Toomey

. . . If I were a U.S. senator, I would vote for her confirmation, because objective qualifications should matter more than ideology in the judicial confirmation process.

(Emphasis supplied.) Once Specter became a Dem, giving Toomey a clear field on the GOP slate in Pennsylvania, his rush to the Center was inevitable (just as Specter's move left is a result of a primary challenge by Joe Sestak.) This is the reverse of Charlie Crist's run to the right in Florida, an inevitable consequence of the challenge from the extreme right by Florida state senator Rubio. Pols are pols . . . Oh BTW, and primaries are, as always disciplining functions for pols. Whether the primary is successful or not.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 04, 2009 (boomark / email).