She is a hispanic DEMOCRAT and that is why she is getting a pass on her obvious racist comment. If she had been a Republican nominee all you have to do is remember what Kennedy and Co. did to Alitto and tried to do to Clarence Thomas. Besides I'm starting to catch on to this Obama thing.
President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge.
"I'm sure she would have restated it," Obama flatly told NBC News, without indicating how he knew that.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_sotomayor
It's all based on hope not substance, fact or truth. Delusional to the core!