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People come to the fore. constituents in the field are calling senators and threatening to withhold their vote and insisting kagan gets filibustered. everyone is aware of the reality no filibuster is happening. >> the thing that will be exciting to watch is when some republicans do vote for kagan, will the folks in the base hold it against them? my guess is no. but it will be really fun to watch. jason linkkins, thank you very much. its nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. unemployment be...

Decades. but youve got to get these people come to the fore. constituents in the field are calling senators and threatening to withhold their vote and insisting kagan gets filibustered. everyone is aware of the reality no filibuster is happening. >> the thing that will be exciting to watch is when some republicans do vote for kagan, will the folks in the base hold it against them? my guess is no. but it will be really fun to watch. jason linkkins, thank you very much. its nice to see you. >> tha...

At all about what to do in afghanistan. to the point of evening using some of the presidents exact words to describe how and when u.s. troops will leave. >> it is important to note the presidents reminder in recent days that july 2011 will mark the beginning of a process, not the date when the u.s. heads for the exits and turns out the lights. >> turning out the lights might not be the best metaphor considering a lot of afghans only get two hours of electricity a day, but point taken. the war st...

>> it is important to note the presidents reminder in recent days that july 2011 will mark the beginning of a process, not the date when the u.s. heads for the exits and turns out the lights. >> turning out the lights might not be the best metaphor considering a lot of afghans only get two hours of electricity a day, but point taken. the war strategy is not changing. the deadline for leaving is as squishy and contested as ever. whats new is that the "rolling stone" michael hastings experience th...

Fewer number of fewer members who have had, you had more than 30 years experience, is there a generational change that were seeing going on in the united states senate? >> i think so, andrea. it happens every generation, and new people are elected and new ideas come to the fore. >> how do you think the senate is changing as a result of that? >> i dont think its a generational change, what has happened is that i spoke about senator byrd on the floor of the senate a few minutes ago. the kind of gr...

That issue? >> you know, chuck, youve co r covered more of these than i have. it struck me thinking about china, the benefit of having these meetings, not what happens at the meetings. what countries do before the meeting so theyre not embarrassed. what did we have happen jp europeans announcing stress tests on their banks. a big issue and the other thing you allude to, china agreed to more flexible of its currency ahead of the meeting. what does that do? different fuses the issue. theyll talk a...

Hormonal teenage years? >> i see someone has been wearing gregs future glasses. when we gave you the story you decided to turn that one into the next black, but -- i am impressed with his fore sight and his ability to see the future without the special kanye west glasses. >> diana, there is another follow-up after the cliche one. when were you last and most afraid of weather? >> i am afraid right now of the oil spills. >> thats good. greg? >> yes. >> i have done all i can do. >> well done. >> br...

Covers the broad spectrum of frustration on that liberal agenda. >> but on the issue of guns itself. its not as if there are big debates over issues. its not as if any nra-backed proposal has lost in this congress, has it not? >> well, no, i dont think its lost at all. i think the presidents nominee to the supreme court elena kagan, her comments that have now come to the fore in a memorandum in which she said she was not sympathetic to the notion that the second amendment right to keep and bear ...

Itself. its not as if there are big debates over issues. its not as if any nra-backed proposal has lost in this congress, are there not? >> i think elena kagan, her comments that have now come to the fore in a memorandum, in which she said she was not sympathetic to the notion that the second amendment right to keep and bear arms was an individual right when she was working for thurgood marshall. i think these are real issues, theyll play into the hearing and the debates over the presidents nomi...

That movement at that point. >> reporter: indeed the professor who oversaw kagan research for the thesis called it "the furthest thing from a socialist." while at princeton, kagan wrote an opinion piece for the student newspaper saying she, "absorbed liberal principles early" and went on to lament the success of those she called "the anonymous, but moral majority backed avenders of life." and he looked forward to a time where more leftist left will come to the fore. now nominee to the highest co...