And so it begins:
A conservative politico likely to work on the coming judicial nomination battle sends over a memo circulating on the right, which targets three likely Obama nominees: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Diane Wood, and Solicitor General Elena Kagan.
The early lines seem to be attacks on Kagan's lack of bench experience, Sotomayor's "temperament," and Wood's rulings on hot-button issues, including an application of a RICO statute in a case against hard-line anti-abortion activist Randall Terry.
So, if any of these women are nominated, expect to hear substantive criticisms from Republicans, such as:
Dean Kagan has taken positions that are disturbingly out of the mainstream ...
Substantial questions also persist regarding Judge Sotomayor’s temperament and disposition to be a Supreme Court justice.
Judge Wood has betrayed a consistent hostility to religious litigants and religious interests ...
Actually, expect to hear all of the above, no matter who is nominated.