Reply #8: Gingrich is trying to pull a Nixon here.

[BurtWorm]

He's wagering that Sotomayor can be made into a symbol representing the end of white, anglo American civilization as we know it, and that if he and his fellow fascists succeed in scaring the bejeeziz out of the slave states, they'll come out in swarms to vote Republicans back into power.

I think he's totally wrong. I wonder where he's getting his confidence to make such a wager from.