White House Struggles to Defend Sotomayor’s Race Statement
(CNSNews.com) - Critics of President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court should be careful how they conduct the debate, warned White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Wednesday, as he struggled to explain a 2001 comment by Judge Sonia Sotomayor that "a wise Latina woman" would be more likely to reach a better conclusion "than a white male who hasn't lived that life."