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And i think some of that may actually help him in this race, because people will remember that he was staunch, but not particularly partisan democrat. >> lets listen to what olympia snowe said about why she is leaving the senate and the way the senate used to be. in fact, the way it used to be when bob kerry was a member of the senate. >> the united states senate is predicated and based on the essence of consensus building. i always recall my first years in the senate, and it happened to be that...

Press conference they were 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 ...

Her acceptability. more so on the left, when it arose since and before the nomination. obama would give the court three women simultaneously and for the first time not a single protesta protestant. mr. obama was interested in finding a judge who could if on occasion win over the swing vote of the high court, justice kennedy, consensus building made it clear as one of the criteria. >> admired not just for her intellect and record of achievement but for her temperament, her openness to a broad arr...

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