[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/07/13/gillespie.art.jpg caption="Ed Gillespie played a key role on behalf of the Bush administration in the confirmation hearings of Justices Roberts and Alito."] After weeks of meeting senators and preparing for tough questions, Sonia Sotomayor today begins the formal hearings on her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Ed Gillespie, … Continue reading Prepping a Supreme Court nominee