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12:51 PM, Jun 3, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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A new Quinnipiac poll shows:

American voters say 55 - 36 percent that affirmative action should be abolished, and disagree 71 - 19 percent with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayer's ruling in the New Haven firefighters' case, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Why Republicans refuse to stand up for their principles and more vocally oppose this "sordid business" of "divvying us up by race" is befuddling.

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