As we head into the weekend, the initial debate on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been muted on one hand, aggressive on another and still a bit murky for some Democrats.

But best of all, it's been damn entertaining so far.

First, let's start on the Democratic side. What are some Democrats worried about?

Well, there are a few more liberal Dems who are nervous about Sotomayor's views on abortion.  In her time on the federal bench, she evidently has not ruled on an abortion case, so no one's exactly sure where she stands.

Now some people will spit at the computer screen when they read that, convinced that she's a liberal and that she's certainly a supporter of abortion rights.

That would seem to be a likely assumption to make, but no one wants to assume anything at this point in the Supreme Court debate.

Lots of people "assumed" that a guy named David Souter would be a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court. That didn't exactly happen.

Over at the White House on the abortion issue, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs did his best rope-a-dope during Thursday's briefing, telling reporters that President Obama didn't ask Sotomayor what she believes, but feels confident she's on his side.

"I think he feels comfortable with -- comfortable that she shares his philosophy generally on the Constitution," Gibbs said.

Of course, no one is supposed to ask a nominee directly about how he or she might rule on a certain matter, leading to another Supreme Court Tap Dance for Gibbs.

"He did not specifically ask (about abortion) as we've stated for the past several days, but as I just said I think he feels -- I know he feels comfortable generally with her interpretation of the Constitution being similar to that of his," said Gibbs.

Meanwhile, critics of Sotomayor turned up the heat and generated some fire as well, again focusing on a quote from a speech in 2001, where she basically said that Latina women can make better decisions on the bench than White men.

"The US Supreme Court is no place for brown or Hispanic supremacists like Sonia Sotomayor," said William Gheen, President of the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC.

The group attacked Sotomayor's membership in the hispanic group known as the National Council of La Raza, calling it a "racist" organization.

"She supports racist groups like La Raza, which support amnesty, welfare benefits, in-state tuition and licenses for illegal aliens," said Gheen.

A former GOP Congressman, Tom Tancredo of Colorado, went one step further than Gheen, attacking La Raza as "a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses" during an appearance on CNN.

La Raza - which means "the race" in Spanish - is basically a Hispanic civil rights group, which calls itself the "largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States."

Meanwhile, liberal websites were going after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich over his call for Sotomayor to withdraw as a nominee for the Supreme Court.

Why? Because Gingrich was evidently sending out Twitter messages about Sotomayor soon after touring the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.

Liberal blogger Jeffrey Feldman blasted what he called Gingrich's "disturbing cynicism."

"Score political points using fabricated and illogical pseudo-definitions of "racism" no matter where you are, no matter what moral juxtaposition you may embody," wrote Feldman.

Just think about all of this battling - the Sotomayor nomination fight is only a few days old!

I'm going to need to stock up on more popcorn at this rate.

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