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Article: Riding Herd on the Message; White House Guides Fervent Sotomayor Supporters
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- The Washington Post
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- June 15, 2009
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Word went out from the White House even before the first
rhetorical shots had been taken at Sonia Sotomayor: Keep your powder
dry.
The last thing the administration needed, senior aides to
President Obama made clear to their liberal allies both publicly and
privately, was a war with conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and
Newt Gingrich over whether the judge is a racist. Stay on message,
they counseled, and we will offer a clear case about her credentials
and legal experience.
With less than a month before congressional hearings begin on
Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House is
trying to quietly guide what staffers describe as an unusually broad
network of law ...