A newly released AP/GfK Roper poll indicates that Sonia Sotomayor has initial favorability ratings a third higher than any of George Bush's Supreme Court nominees.
Of [John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Harriet Miers], Roberts had the highest favorable rating, 25 percent, and the most support for confirmation, 47 percent of those polled.
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[R]oughly a third of the country has a favorable view of Sotomayor, while 18 percent view her unfavorably. Half of those polled say she should be confirmed
Oh - and that radioactive term, "affirmative action," The Doctrine That Must Not Be Named?
Yeah:
Questioned about affirmative action, 63 percent support it for women and fewer, 56 percent, favor affirmative action for racial or ethnic minorities. The poll did not define affirmative action.
Photoshop harder, GOP!