1.0 link 231620 <![CDATA[Sessions Becomes The Subject Of Sotomayor Hearings]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/14/sessions-becomes-the-subj_n_231620.html The confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor have become, in a small but significant way, a referendum on the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican who took over the post from Pennsylvania Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter, is under intense pressure to land blows on Sotomayor without offending Hispanic voters. It's a tough task, made all the more difficult by Sessions' history of racially insensitive positions and statements.

So far the results have been mixed. Over at Fox News,...

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