Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100629:00:26:00
Fis d first day on the hot seat? >> i have never seen elena kagan spoke so slowly. don't rush. we'll see the new yorker in her get out when she starts answering questions. it was a very careful and cautious opening statement. she's ahead here. the overwhelming likelihood is she'll be confirmed. there are 58 democrats in the senate. that's more than enough to confirm her. a filibuster looks extremely unlikely. her opening statement was about following the rule of law and it was about judicial modesty and not trying to overrule the will of the people too often. i think she played like someone wh...
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