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«No promises were made either way.»

«I have not determined ... at this point, how I would vote,»

«A lot of us wanted to see somebody that was a well-formed jurist so that they had a track record of what they would do in cases coming in front of the court,»

«I think you can put up John Roberts' ideological twin and you'd get a filibuster at this point. Their base is demanding it. I think unless the person has written extensively about Roe [in a positive way], you're going to get a filibuster. And that's unlikely. I just think a filibuster is going to happen.»

«There's precious little to go on and a deep concern that this would be a Souter-type candidate.»

«She has the great misfortune of following Elvis, if you will, in John Roberts. We may not have another person come forward like him for some time: just a brilliant legal scholar, a fabulous constitutional lawyer.»

«You're going to get a filibuster either way. So let's fight over something we know what the fight is about.»

«some insight into her view of the broad expanse of the law. Let me just be specific. The right of privacy really goes to the heart of basic personal freedoms. Are there certain areas of our personal and family conduct that of out of bounds for the government, where we should make that decision, as individuals, members of families, married people. That we make these decisions. The government cannot get involved. That, I think, is central to the line of questioning that's important to me.»

«I do think she reflects the president, and I think that's the strongest thing, really, that she has going for her,»

«It would be better to -- let's have someone we know the record on,»