Per the White House, Sonia Sotomayor will meet with the following senators today: Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; Mark Begich, D-Alaska; Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Mark Pryor, D-Ark.; and John Thune, R-S.D.

The Thune meeting could be exceptionally interesting, considering he has launched a conservative-minded Web site tracking Sotomayor's nomination. Although he's not on the Senate Judiciary Committee, he is up for re-election in 2010 and has been rumored as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012. NationalJournal.com last week analyzed the electoral game theory that sometimes comes into play for senators with a Supreme Court nominee.