conference moments after the president formally introduced elena kagan. leahy said he hopes the process goes smoothly and is glad he picked somebody from outside the monastery who doesn't have judicial experience. he thinks that would be a good addition to the court. but he said, republicans, if the president sent, quote, moses the lawgiver, some republicans would object. having said that, what's interesting is i just interviewed the number two republican, the republican who counts the votes, john kyle, who happens to be a senior member of the judiciary committee. i asked if he thinks a filibuster in the united states senate where democrats no longer have a filibuster-proof majority is possible. he said it's actually unlikely. listen. >> obviously we want to do our job of due diligence. who knows what we may find in her record once these things are sent up to the senate and we