US Supreme Court Nominee

There is so much going on in the news right now. The US Senate is about to begin confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Of course there is much debate along party lines about her qualifications and statements she has made in the past that are deemed controversial. I see it like this. What do the Republicans expect? A Democratic President is going to nominate someone to the Supreme Court with similar liberal views. In actuallity, many of her rulings that I have read about seem to fall more in the moderate category. I do not like the fact that she has made some rulings based on empathy, I think the best Judge is someone that rules based on the law and not on feelings. I do like the fact that she has a history of being more of an oral arguer in the court. She likes to engage attorneys appearing before her in oral debate which I think gets to the heart of matters and gets the facts out in the open. That is a positive trait. In summary in Ms. Sotomayor we will get someone that seems to rule like the Judge she will be replacing on the bench if confirmed. No loss as far as votes on the Supreme Court. No gains, if you're Republican either, but that should be expected with a Democratic President.