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The prospect of a nasty political fight over the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court receded, according to CBS' Wyatt Andrews, as the judge arrived on Capitol Hill to visit senators. "Senate Republicans have decided they will not be using the charge of racism." Andrews picked up on a "seemingly scripted phrase" that Sotomayor will use in response to questions about her infamous 2001 sentence about a wise Latina. "As a judge you follow the law," is her new mantra.
By the way, this is Andrews' latest attempt to paraphrase what Sotomayor actually said in that speech: "A wise Latina woman might reach a better conclusion than a white male." Andrews' use of the word "might" saves him from misrepresenting the judge even as it fails to tell us what she actually said. After all, if she "might" reach a better conclusion, she equally "might not," which is not what she meant.
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