1 second ago 2009-12-12T00:52:43-08:00
He's the top dog in New York City. But in Washington? He's simply one member of a panel reading prepared testimony supporting Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Michael Bloomberg sat at the far end of a witness table that included arguably the most anticipated witnesses -- firefighters Frank Ricci and Ben Vargas, who are testifying for Republicans.
Bloomberg was supposed to go first but he was running late. So Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas' attorney general, picked up the slack. He was starting his testimony when the New York mayor arrived. When it was his turn, Bloomberg predictably put in many a plug for his city and heralded Sotomayor as "the quintessential New York success story."
-Liz Sidoti, AP reporter, politics
