Poll-itics: Republicans Pay for Sotomayor Nays edition

By GottaLaff

Lesson learned from that brilliantly well-thought-out Rushpublic rejection of Supreme Court Judge Sotomayor: You say nay, you pay:

Republican Party approval rating among Latinos

April 27-30 August 3-6

Favorable 14 3

Unfavorable 73 86

No Opinion 13 11

The first column is the week that Justice Souter retired, which was soon followed by speculation of Sotomayor's nomination (she was the frontrunner). That is the reference week. The second is this week.

Who were these geniuses trying to cultivate, because it sure wasn't Latino voters.