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ON THE RADIO JUST NOW, RUSH LIMBAUGH toyed with the idea of supporting Sonia Sotomayor ? on the th?

By Ann Althouse

ON THE RADIO JUST NOW, RUSH LIMBAUGH toyed with the idea of supporting Sonia Sotomayor ? on the theory that, raised as a Catholic, she might be secretly pro-life. Is it a risk Obama would have taken? Perhaps it is. I assume the Democratic Party would do very well if the Supreme Court happened to overrule Roe v. Wade.

ADDED: “I think she is a woman who is well-steeped in the law and well-steeped in precedent. And I believe that she has a real respect for precedent, and that she was not just saying that. And if that is really true, then I would agree with her. And I believe it is.” The Senator attests too much, I think.

AND: I think I’ll try another comments experiment on this one. I noticed that Dr. Helen was impressed that, on my previous experiment, there was “no anger, mudslinging or trolling.” But there also wasn’t really a topic, other than commenting per se. This post is much more of a challenge. I’ll be moderating ? with a light hand. Stay on topic, and let’s see how good the discussion here can be.

YET MORE: I’ll have to listen again in the podcast of the radio show, but I suspect Mr. Fastbucks is right when he says: “This is reverse psychology. He’s baiting the libs into a litmus test on her.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).