In his report about how Republicans in the U.S. Senate might not marshall much of a fight against Obama's POTUS pick Sonia Sotomayor, Allen writes [emephasis added]:

GOP officials say they realize the party needs to improve its standing among Hispanic voters in order to have any hope of winning a national election, and they admit that trashing the first Latina nominee to the court could cement stereotypes or further alienate minorities.

This reality limits Republicans' options dramatically and virtually guarantees they would be called racists if they said anything that smacks of being out of bounds about such a qualified nominee.

Got that? If Republicans criticize Sotomayor, Democrats and liberals will automatcially use the race card, which cergainly paints them in a negative, knee-jerk kind of way. But what did Allen fail to mention? The fact is it's been Republicans who have been playing the race card with wild abandon less than 48 hours after Sotomayor was nominated. Allen left that part out.