Republicans consider improving their reputation

It’s no secret that the GOP has not looked good from the American public’s perspective lately: far-right and super conservative politicians and their beliefs (eh em, Prop 8..) are unpopular at best. Well, the party has a certain debacle right now; they are strategically determining how to respond, collectively, to Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. America’s first Hispanic justice, Sotomayor received gracious welcoming from Democrats and the media alike. As for the Republican reaction? For starters, we’ve got Rush Limbaugh calling Sotomayor a “reverse racist”. Other right-wing politicians kept their opinions to themselves, making the overall reaction of the party fairly subdued–many news sources note the party’s incapacity to oppose the nomination due to its minority status. US News reports

Republicans are also “saying privately that” this “first Latino nominee…will be very difficult, politically, to oppose.” Also on ABC World News, George Stephanopoulos said of possible GOP opposition to Sotomayor, “As one White House official told me today, he said, ‘I dare them to.’”

Looks like the GOP needs to reevaluate their execution plan, and perhaps re-learn how to cater to potential voters. Sewing Limbaugh’s mouth shut would be step one.

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