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Strong protection of the constitution. that's the mark by which i think she'll be judged. let's not just single out one sentence. let's look at her entire life's work. gregg: when you ridicule the knowing that aborted baby and fetuses are innocent life, can you be a consensus builder? >> those are your words and not hers. i don't think that at all what she said. if you his to the people who step up and validate her and say how strongly they believe she is qualified. all her writings were before the judiciary committee and she received bipartisan support. i think you have to look at her record ...

The first woman in that position as well. and she is won accolades from observers across ideological spectrum for her well reasoned arguments and presence. elena is admired not just for her intellect and record of achievement but also her temperament, her openness to a broad array of viewpoints. her habit, to borrow a phrase from justice stevens, of understanding before disagreeing. her fair mindedness and skill as a consensus builder. these traits were particularly evident during her tenure as dean. at a time when many believe harvard faculty got a little one-sided in its viewpoint, she sough...

Never having been a judge or on a panel of judges, what makes you believe she can emerge as a leader on the supreme court. they said when she was dean at harvard law school she brought in conservatives academics to balance out the faculty and worked with the faculty and was a con sillator and consensus builder and at the white house, working for the white house council office she worked through details of legislative issues, among them antitobacco legislation and won respect of senate republicans. that could make here a young leader on the supreme court at age 50, the youngest justice, if she'...

Spectrum, for her commanding presence and she's admired for her intellect and record of achievement and also her temperament an openness to a broad array of viewpoints. her habit, to borrow a phrase from justice stevens, of understanding before disagreeing. her fair mindedness, and, skill as a consensus-builder and these traits were evident during her tenure as dean at a time when many believe harvard faculty had gotten one-sided in its viewpoint, she sought to recruit prominent conservative scholars and spur a healthy debate on campus and encouraged students from all backgrounds, to respectfu...

But she has not been a person who has been outspoken on the issues that we really associate with the supreme court. >> that's a tough call, isn't it, jeff, because on one hand, if you are outspoken about these issues, it comes back to bite you in the ankle when you're getting appointed to the supreme court. on the other hand, if you haven't written and been outspoken about them, everybody is worried about where you're going to come down on some of these issues. >> that's true. and elena kagan seems to have threaded the needle very well in the sense that she has become known as an outstanding l...