Someone on another thread explained that she may not be as bad as many others Obama could name. It is likely that one of the other leftie SCOTUS justices will be forced to step down before the 2010 elections; so that it is better to have let her, a relative moderate, pass through with a little Senate spanking than to risk the resentful jackboot of a more leftist re-nomination.
They told us Ginzburg and Breyer were moderates too.
Yeah, I heard Bill Bennet say that on his show this morning. I thought, "Great! Now the GOP Elites are saying we're lucky he picked Sotomayor!" Oh, goody for us!