There are new poll results from the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll. Click on the link to get the full results (including regional and party breakdowns).
Overall numbers:
Opinion of Sotomayor: 56 favorable, 29 unfavorable
On whether Sotomayor is a racist: 8 yes, 61 no
On whether “empathy” is important for a justice: 52 yes, 29 no
On whether she is qualified: 54 yes, 26 no
Opinion of Rush Limbaugh: 27 favorable, 65 unfavorable
Kos points out that Sotomayor’s favorables even beat Limbaugh’s in the South. I guess having Limbaugh and Gingrich in charge of the GOP talking points wasn’t helping very much.
Late update: Now Michael Steele is calling Sotomayor a racist. I guess he’s really getting a lot of heat from the 8%.