Posted on 07/02/2009 8:25:51 PM PDT by Steelfish
Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
A heavily publicized U.S. Supreme Court reversal of an appeals court ruling by Judge Sonia Sotomayor has at least temporarily diminished public support for President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted on the two nights following the Supreme Court decision, finds that 37% now believe Sotomayor should be confirmed while 39% disagree.
Two weeks ago, the numbers were much brighter for the nominee. At that time, 42% favored confirmation, and 34% were opposed.
Rasmussen Reports has been tracking this question every other week, and it is not possible to know at this time if the decline in support is anything more than a temporary aberration caused by the publicity surrounding the Supreme Court reversal.
Sotomayor was one of a panel of federal Appeals Court judges who signed off on the Ricci decision, rejecting the claims of New Haven firefighters who said they were being discriminated against for promotions because they are white.
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Didn’t you get the message? No point in opposing Sotomayor, because all it will do is piss off future democrat voters.
LMBO!!
Republicans: Remember the Bork nomination.
This won’t matter to the guy w/o a birth certificate. She is in. Remember this is the new USSR.
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