Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin today. There is every reason to expect she will sail through. However, there is still a great Sotomayor-related campaign we support to make Republicans pay a heavy political price for the racially charged attacks many of their most prominent pundits and elected officials have been using against her.
Back in late May, I suggested that we find a way to run anti-Republican, Sotomayor related ad sin key congressional districts with high percentages of Latino voters. Specifically, the idea was to run ads on Spanish language media repeating the racially charged attacks some conservatives and Republicans were making on Sotomayor. The ads would ask local Republican candidates and elected officials to denounce those attacks, but really the idea is to further exacerbate Republican problems among Latino voters.
Today, two emerging progressive netroots organizations, Presente and the PCCC, have turned this idea into reality by producing the following ad:
Now, we need to get this ad on the air. You can donate to that effort here. The ActBlue page also allows you to donate to Alan Grayson, a strong progressive from a swing district in Florida where nearly 15% of all voters are Puerto Rican. Grayson also has a deep connection with Open Left, as he now employs our co-founder, Matt Stoller.
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