Race Against Sotomayor?

Race. Race. Race. Every time someone in this country is nominated or is in line to fill a prestigious position and is not white race jumps up like a bucking broncho. What ever happened to the best qualified and most experienced to fill the position? Everyone deserves a fair shot, even Sonia Sotomayor. And I still believe those detractors who are hammering hard at racial bias, especially, with the resurrected firefighters issue, will not see the derailment they are hoping for.

If only the wise, some who hold the highest offices in the country could see beyond skin colour, hair texture and ethnicity a person's ability to execute his/her duties, there would be less racialism in appointments. Granted there are issues with judgments Sotomayor delivered as a High Court Judge, why the intense grilling now and not back then, when the decisions were taken? Is it only because of her nomination? Perhaps. The Republican critics may be the ones with the hidden agenda and not Sotomayor, hence, their deligence in discrediting her impartiality.