Charlie Crist still mum on Sotomayor confirmation

Gov. Charlie Crist is the only high-ranking Republican in the land who seems to have no opinion on whether, were he elected to the Senate seat he’s running for, he’d vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Crist’s opponent Marco Rubio said he’d vote against her. Crist is still figuring.

Crist: “I haven’t decided and I’ve got a lot of responsibilities in the job that I hold. Yesterday I was actually appointing judges. And so I’m focused on their records for now."

Q: You said you’d say by Thursday.

“I said I might know by Thursday. I think it's important to note: there are members on the Senate judiciary committee that have seen every minute of testimony and they haven’t made an announcement on it. I don’t feel pressure.”

Here’s the synopsis, guv: The Senators take 15 minutes to ask simple questions and they ask them over and over again. Democrats think she’s great because of her background and American Bar Association ranking. Republicans are queasy over “wise Latina” statement and her decision to rule against the interests of white firefighters in the Ricci v. DeStefano case. More here