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By The Daily Dish
May 27 2009, 11:17 AM ET

Rosen's latest on Sotomayor:

Conservatives are already citing my initial piece on Sotomayor as a basis for opposing her. This willfully misreads both my piece and the follow-up response. My concern was that she might not make the most effective liberal voice on the Court--not that she didn't have the potential to be a fine justice. Questions of temperament are often overlooked, but history suggests that they are the most relevant in predicting judicial success.

That seems a judicious judgment to me. Read the whole thing.



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