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The race issue in the Sotomayor debate was not brought up by the Right--it was brought up by the Left and their unending focus on race/identity politics: Obama telegraphed to the world that he wanted to name a minority (especially a hispanic) and a woman to the court, because he believed the empathy they would bring to the High Court was necessary; and the nominee herself made race an issue when she degraded the judicial capacity of white males compared to latina women.
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