In this piece by David Corn appearing in Mother Jones, Richard Viguerie, one of the key philosophical and financial backers of the conservative movement, believes that the nomination could unite the true factions of the former 80’s coalition that gave rise to the modern GOP once again:
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor unites all wings of the conservative movement–economic, foreign policy, social, traditional, neocon, and libertarian–in a way we haven’t seen since the early Clinton years.
Judge Sotomayor frightens all conservatives. As the debate over her nomination heats up, conservatives will provide the primary opposition to Sotomayor and will quickly launch a massive educational campaign using direct mail, the Internet, talk radio, cable TV, You Tube, and other forms of new and alternative media.
Viguerie isn’t either being honest with himself or isn’t paying attention. So far, only the most rabid base of the GOP are really going after Sotomayor, For the most part the Senate Republicans haven’t been calling for anything other than some questions on her opinions. Likely because they know they lack the political muscle to do anything but look foolish if they attempt to block her.
Conventional wisdom is beginning to collate around the idea that Sotomayor may get some of the rabid right after her, but that she will sail through both the judiciary committee and the full Senate. I don’t see anything on the horizon to disagree with that assessment.
[update] Since I started writing this piece, Congressman Tom Tancredo was on CNN calling Sotomayor a racist and a member of a KKK-like organization. It seems the Limbaugh wing if the party (which sadly seems to comprise most of it these days) has been heard from. I particular like how he tries to shout down his questioners as they try and relate to him how wrong he is. Classy.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzSe1JaPLI
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