Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Let me make a prediction...

Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed by a landslide vote by the U.S. Senate.

Everyone knows that the 59 Democratic Senators will vote for her confirmation. All that is needed are a few GOP Senators to affirm her nomination and bring her nomination to the Senate floor for a quick up-or-down vote. Let's just look at three states--all of which have major concentrations of Latino residents and voters--Texas, Arizona and Nevada. Five of the six Senators from those three states are Republicans. So far, not a single one has said that they would not vote to support Sotomayor's nomination. Very liklely, none of them will vote against her. They'd be committing political suicide.

So the way I read the tea leaves, Sotomayor wins in a landslide and a quick landslide, at that.

So, are there any other major political questions to get us all frothing at the mouth theses days? Because Sotomayor's nomination certainly isn't an issue that holds much question as to the outcome.