GOP Muddles Its Kagan Critique

Republicans Send Mixed Messages Over Nominee’s Qualifications for Court

• By John Stanton and Jennifer Bendery
• Roll Call Staff
• May 12, 2010, Midnight

Senate Republican leaders are launching a full-on assault against President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, over her lack of judicial experience, but they already appear to have a major problem: Their rank-and-file Members aren’t buying into it.