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People to choose from and already, they've floated a number of names that are very interesting. >> let's talk about what senator leahy suggested yesterday. >> don't have a bulletproof majority. >> the constitution says that 51 senators can confirm somebody. doesn't require 60 senators. i don't think there's going to be any kind of a filibuster. this last year, we had about 100 and some odd filibusters. actually, that's a lazy person's way out. the american people pay us to vote yes or no. not maybe. >> there hasn't been a filibuster since the lbj days. can you pretty much put that off the tabl...

She said she believed the president should nominate somebody that would get a very strong vote, 70-plus votes, bipartisan, that they were approving and confident and professional. that's the kind of nominee i hope that he nominates and that we can support. i would like to be able to support this nominee. but if we have a nominee that evidences a philosophy that judges know best, that they c a constitution, we're going to have a problem because the american people don't want it. >> senator, the constitution says that 51 senators can confirm. it doesn't require 60 senators. i don't believe there...