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Shes only 49 years old. she had a reputation at harvard law school which was an extremely ideologically divided place of being a consensus builder. she was very popular where the conservatives, with the federal society at harvard law school. she has experience in the executive branch. he worked in bill clintons white house. she got along. she had positive dealings with senator john mccain, dealing with smoking legislation. shes someone who has experience in the broader world, not just in the cou...

Cnn bureau chief and director of school and media of public affairs at george washington university. and cnn political editor mark preston is with us again. boy, let me start with you, frank. what are you thoughts on this day? who is -- who was justice stevens as a supreme court justice and what was his role in the court? jeffrey toobin called him kind of a consensus builder. >> first of all, let me answer your first question. its a huge day here in washington. huge day for the white house. good...

Are looking for a fight. because they believe that this would unite the base. they believe that sonia so sotomayor was not what he was marketed as, ie, more liberal, they cast some tough votes on health care and they want to put those democrats on the spot again. >> lets ask jeffrey about it, justice stevens, on the liberal side of the court, had a reputation as a leader, as an elder statesman there, something as a consensus builder. in fact, he often influenced justice kennedy who was sort of t...

Occupational diversity, someone who has not been a judge before. >> sure. lets talk about that a little bit. we just heard dan say theres a list of at least ten or so that hes going to pull off here. hes been through the process once before. who do you think is at the running, at the top of the list? >> i think you start with the three of the four finalists that didnt get it last time. elena kagan, the consensus builder from the dean of harvard law school. never been a judge before. diane wood, ...

Able to make political judgments and judgments on how somebody is doing. i was just looking at a poll. i hate polls. about the pope. the popes approval rating in germany went from 71% down to 31%. why? because of journalism. because "the new york times," the press in germany and others have dug into what he did before coming to the poeps pope in terms of dealing with the abuse of priests of young boys in the catholic church. wet that information because reporters went out and spent a long time d...

Barack obama from this fight? hes willing to go the route of reconciliation. is he a consensus builder as well? is that possible now? >> okay, as youve done so well, youve set up the question. thank you, david gregory. moderator of nbcs "meet the press." i want to bring that very question to the senator. hes an orthopedic surgeon. he knows the trade. i think david gregory asked a great question. can the republican party oppose or does it have to propose in terms of health care for those who dont...

It. the reason why the tone is so important is because weve seen in the polling for several weeks that there is a lot of goodwill toward the policies, many of the policies that trump has proposed, just not so much goodwill for him. so if he can put together a more popular image personally with policies that many americans already like, its going to make him a stronger political force in washington. and its going to improve his chances of getting republicans in congress to push through an agenda....

In a debate. thats for sure. >> he showed some real crossover appeal. gestures of bipartisanship. particularly on the immigration issue. he controversially came out and said that was a moment of love. the dnc responded writing in part "jeb bush has embraced the failed economic agenda that benefits only a select few at the expense ovthe middle class. that is not going to change no matter how many different ways he says he could run." is that a fair characteristic. >> one of the weirder dynamics f...

Considered abortion device by the church is a violation of christian doctrine and a violation of religious rights. the pope did not say that directly to the president, but his representatives did. remember, the pope is a consensus builder. but make no mistake. the vatican believe that president obama is harming american catholics and other christians to forcing them to buy something that violates their religious beliefs. in addition, christian doctrine demands that life be respected. therefore, ...

Considered abortion device by the church is a violation of christian doctrine and a violation of religious rights. the pope did not say that directly to the president, but his representatives did. remember, the pope is a consensus builder. but make no mistake. the vatican believe that president obama is harming american catholics and other christians to forcing them to buy something that violates their religious beliefs. in addition, christian doctrine demands that life be respected. therefore, ...