Sotomayor is too bold to quip that a wise latina woman stands a better chance than a white male. What is the colour going to do?It is the innate diligence and shrewdness that counts.

Anyone who has known and overcome hardship has a degree of understanding unavailable to someone who has led a privileged life. To act like this is a radical statement is to continue to value privilege for privilege's sake.

I would hope that a wise, experienced, unbiased person would describe the next Supreme Court Justice.

Listening to Judge Sotomayor at her Senate confirmation hearing today, what came up for me was if she was trying to inspire young people that they could be anything they wanted to be...why didn't she just say that and give other illustrations, instead of the one she chose. Yes, I think she made a poor choice of words. Not the end of the world, but when you're in the public eye, unfortunately you always have to weigh what you say.