Not only is she eminently qualified (unlike someone like Clarence Thomas, for example), but she would be the first Hispanic ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in America by a large margin, and they voted in droves for the Democrats and Barack Obama in particular during the last two elections.
The only pressure to try and rough up Sotomayor is coming from Conservative bible-thumping social Conservatives--the very types of voters Republicans have long relied on in the past for their winning coalition.
The key word above was 'past'. Today's winning coalitions in America must include Hispanics.
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