Preparing for Sotomayor hearings, Leahy prefers the view from his Drawbridge FarmMIDDLESEX, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy calls his Vermont home Drawbridge Farm for the shelter and solace it can offer him from the rigors of life in Washington. But its 300 acres is not enough to keep out the politics of Sonia Sotomayor’s upcoming confirmation hearings. Leahy: Republicans told him that they would have objected to anyone Obama named to high courtMIDDLESEX, Vt. — The chairman of the Senate’s upcoming Supreme Court hearings says Republicans told him they would have objected no matter whom President Barack Obama nominated to the high court. |