I have to believe that many Republican senators will seize the opportunity Obama has provided and prove they are not as narrow-minded as their most extreme backers.(emphasis added)
Isn't that sweet? While I believe the bulk of his column is correct - to the extent that sitting Senators aren't suicidal enough to go after Judge Sotomayor the way their most vocal supporters have already done - that single phrase shows the power of Broder's on-going belief in the intelligence and prudence of the Republican Party. There is no evidence the Republicans have acted with either of those virtues in decades; the framework various groups and talking-heads have already created about Judge Sotomayor display a glaring lack of both. One wonders if his faith will be rewarded.
