Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2009 by David G. Savage
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-sotomayor17-2009jul17,0,7388549.story
“I think Judge Sotomayor performed very well,” said Maria Blanco, executive director of the Earl Warren Institute at UC Berkeley. “In the face of comments that she was hot-tempered and adversarial, she answered those charges by exhibiting a calm, thoughtful and unflappable manner. And she came across as having an extremely sharp legal mind.”