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Ode to the Purple Senator: Lindsey Graham, Republican, South Carolina

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

Mr. Graham is truly a rare politician: someone who can maintain his conservative principles but still reach across the aisle to find common ground, even, at times, with liberals like me.

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Shawn Healy

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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Sen. Nelson Will Vote For Sotomayor

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska says he'll support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confir...

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Sam Stein

Obama Confident That Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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The White House is confident that Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed, after two days of rigorous questioning in which the Supreme Court nominee o...

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Frank Ricci: All You Need To Know (PHOTOS, INFO, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Republicans have announced that they plan to call on Frank Ricci, the white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Cou...

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GOP Senators Ready Series Of Speeches To Critique Sotomayor

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans started focusing their critique of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, readying a series of speeches to illustrate conservative ...

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Sotomayor Fractures Ankle At New York Airport (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle Monday morning in an airport stumble, then boarded her flight as scheduled an...

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Why Sotomayor's Confirmation Debate Is the D.C. Equivalent of Rock of Love

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

Listening to conservatives play the race card in attacking the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, I've been marveling at just how self-destructive they've become. Republicans have to know how bad this is for their party

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Despite Sotomayor Nomination, Latino Academic Gap Still Huge

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Latinos have the highest high school dropout rates and the lowest college attendance rates of all racial/ethnic groups, making Judge Sotomayor's biography all the more inspiring.

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Laura Dean

A Break For Obama: Social Conservatives Hang Back On Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Dean | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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No one expected President Barack Obama to win over religious or cultural conservatives with his choice for the Supreme Court. But in the hours that fo...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 26, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

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OMG, Sotomayor! Crazy, right? But first, here's an update on your Roland Burris/disputed heroism news. Over the weekend, we received an email from ...

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Sam Stein

Sotomayor's Baseball Ruling: Conservatives Go To Bat

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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It was destined to come to this. The initial salvos in the Supreme Court confirmation battle for Sonia Sotomayor are being played out on fairly tradi...

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Jason Linkins

Sonia Sotomayor Battle Lines: Firefighters And Baseball

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

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Well, here's the first salvo in your Sonia Sotomayor Talking Points Battle. On the one hand: FIREFIGHTERS! Specifically the firefighters of New Have...

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Sam Stein

Inside Obama's Court Vet: President Settled On Sotomayor Monday Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Following a thorough vetting process that drew down the number of potential Supreme Court nominees to four, President Barack Obama ultimately settled ...

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The Politics of Sotomayor

Dylan Loewe | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Dylan Loewe

As the Republican leadership gears up for the confirmation, they may be walking squarely into another political trap, carefully designed by the president.

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Sam Stein

"Where Policy Is Made": Sotomayor's Court Comment Explained

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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The ubiquitous conservative attack on Judge Sonia Sotomayor stems from a statement she made at a conference at Duke University Law School in 2005, in ...

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Sotomayor Video: Obama Introduces Supreme Court Nominee

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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President Obama announced Tuesday morning that federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor is his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy. Praising he...

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Sam Stein

Sotomayor's Medical History Sparks Wider Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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With President Obama's Supreme Court choice expected within weeks, the vetting process for prospective candidates has grown more intense. Judicial rul...

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