Earlier today, Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Mel Martinez (R-FL) each announced that they would vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next justice on the Supreme Court. The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz tweeted the news, but was only surprised that two of the Republicans were backing Sotomayor:
The implication of Kurtz’ tweet appears to be that it is obvious Martinez would support Sotomayor because they are both Hispanic. This kind of thinking is reminiscent to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) criticizing Sotomayor for disagreeing with another judge of “Puerto Rican ancestry.”
Update
Kurtz responds in a follow-up tweet: “Didn’t mean to dis Senator Martinez. I just question whether he would have come out so early for a Democrat’s non-Hispanic nominee.”
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