Mercurio: Sotomayor Already Rallying Republicans, But in Which Direction?

For weeks, Republicans have said the battle over David Souter’s Supreme Court successor would be their best chance this year to rally their base, raise money, organize activists and, if they’re lucky, chart a path back to power. All of that is still possible. But the early reaction from party leaders to President Obama’s choice of federal judge Sonia Sotomayor suggests that another battle stirs within the GOP itself.