Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who’s criticized Sonia Sotomayor for her temperament, thinks he may vote for her confirmation.
“I honestly think I could vote for her,” he told McClatchy.
Graham said he is still undecided, but it’s a stark turnaround from comments he made after meeting the Supreme Court nominee on June 3. In a press conference, he said, “There’s a temperament problem there.” At the same presser, he said there was also a “character problem,” but later that day told Fox News that Sotomayor has a “sterling character.”
He also said that he wouldn’t vote for her if he applied the same standards Barack Obama used when voting on Supreme Court nominees. He argued that Obama voted against Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito because they had different ideologies.
Graham had also taken issue with her comments about “a wise Latina woman,” calling them “inappropriate” and saying he hoped she’d apologize.
