Gettin’ Hot in the GOP Kitchen

Newt backs off calling Sotomayor a racist — just says she bases her judicial rulings on race.

Jeff Sessions is pleased, telling CNN:

“I’m very glad he backed off. I think that’s unusual, that commentators do that, and I think it was very good that he did. I think that will help – help us. I think that will help us have a real good discussion about the serious issues that the nation faces and that the court faces. And there’s some disagreements about that. “

Wonder what Sessions will think, publicly, about Pat Buchanan’s latest on Sotomayor: “In her world, equal justice takes a back seat to tribal justice.”