1.0 link 239905 <![CDATA[Leahy To GOP: "Stop The Racial Politics" On Sotomayor]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/19/leahy-to-gop-stop-the-rac_n_239905.html The two top officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee left niceties at the door when they held a joint appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) accused the Republican Party of playing "racial politics" with the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, even declaring that the leaders of the GOP had called her a "bigot" and the "head of the KKK."

"I have no idea how many [Republican votes] she'll get in committee or...

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