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Look, this does not advance the cause of getting gadhafi out, this op-ed. at some point the coalition, nato, the united states and our allies, have to decide when do actions like this medieval siege, as they put it, thats happening in misratah rise to the level of humanitarian crisis that requires them to go back and re-evaluate the use of military force. they may decide to enlist the help of the arab league, which the op-ed references. they may decide to go back to the u.n. and u.n. resolution ...

Given and the one opportunity they were given and president obama is not happy about it. and i do think that the president had president bush tried something this quickly, not informed congress and not done the sort of any consensus building on the home front, that they would be freaking out right about now. >> and president bush 43 did get a declaration from ko congress before he went into iraq and president obama didnt do that. is that the comparison fair? >> i dont think its fair. as i rememb...

Believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the house said what are you guys doing, b...

Like that in the senate? >> i read a lot about{ henry clay. one of the great legislators in the history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting t...

The history of the world, and he believed as i believe that legislation is the art of compromise. he said it probably more dramatically than i did, but the principle of legislation is the art of consensus building, and it is. and you can see it right before our eyes as were here today. i say that because this budget dispute started way over here. the right wing, tea party folks were just bashing cutting this and that. you saw yesterday that the tea party folks, mainstream republicans in the hous...

A mark of bipartisanship, consensus building, that few believed was possible. thats what i believe elena kagan will bring to the court. she was tough and tenacious in argument when necessary but she also knew when it was necessary to strike a compromise. she had a in that knack for wing people over and ability to make people see the wisdom of a argument. i remember walking off the senate floor to meet with my staff and alien in a would have a new idea, a pretty much approach. it was a tutorial i...

Uncommonly sensible and smart. >> reporter: she worked on gun control, native-american affairs, tobacco legislation and immigration reform. she advised mr. clinton who branded her memos with the distinctive left-handed check marks on ways immigrant can be permitted to detall deportation. most are approaching the issue cautiously, she said in 1998 -- kagan suggested he offer his own bill. >> i think one of her greatest strengths is consensus building. on the court, its an important virtue, would ...

She is, as i say, just uncommonly sensible and smart. >> reporter: she worked on gun control, native-american affairs, tobacco legislation and immigration reform. she advised mr. clinton who branded her memos with the distinctive left-handed check marks on ways immigrant can be permitted to detall deportation. most are approaching the issue cautiously, she said in 1998 -- kagan suggested he offer his own bill. >> i think one of her greatest strengths is consensus building. on the court, its an i...

>> it may sound shakespearean. give me the principled loser every time. ill tell you why. once you start to treat the first amendment as something to barter, you validate the views from the other side. its fluid. i would rather have justices who state the constitution as it is, as i believe it is, that the first amendment may not be absolute, but its the thing that holds us together. and compromises are dangerous. the fourth amendment where so many exceptions occurred theres more holes than chee...

Years, or a centrist compromiser that sometimes win? >> i may sound schayes speerian, but give me the principled loser every time. ill tell you why. once you start to treat things like the first amendment as something to barter you validate the views of the other side. you suggest that its all fungible or fluid. i would rather have justices that state the constitution as it is, at least as i believe it is, that the first amendment may not be absolute. but its the thing that holds us together. an...