We are confident that Judge Sotomayor is extraordinarily well qualified to serve as a justice for the Supreme Court.

I think that may be reflected in the fact that she has been endorsed--in our last panel, Louis Freeh, who had been appointed by George H.W. Bush and, also, served as the FBI director.

I think we can be assured she will do it as a Justice.

Well, I would say that her opinion probably rules, if you look at how she actually ruled on this.

we're going to be working on health care reform this year, and if we're able to bring some costs down and make it more affordable and do it in a different way, do you think that would help people with their wages?

These are remarkable figures in the unemployment rate, depending on people who don't finish high school are at 14.8 percent; with high school, 9.3 percent; with some college, 7.4 percent; college degree, 4.4 percent.

There are reasons for some optimism regarding the state of our economy.

I was actually just talking to Senator McCain about Asia, China, Japan and Vietnam.

Judge Sotomayor has written or joined more than 3,000 opinions in her 17 years as a judge and she has never used foreign law to interpret the Constitution or statutes.

Consumer spending did rise 2.2 percent on an annualized basis in the last quarter.

What would you say, just to summarize, have been the biggest areas of loss for the types of jobs across the country?

I believe having judges with real-world front-line experience as prosecutors is a good thing.