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When a reporter surprises him by asking about Obama's own filibuster of Samuel Alito.
President Obama frankly expresses his "regret" for "his approach" and, in the video, semi-acknowledges the legitimacy of the current Republican "strategies."
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Definitely, I agree with you about party control. Everybody knows that if Reagan were sitting and the Senate were Republican, they'd move a Justice through quickly. As would be the case with Clinton and a Democratic Senate. You're right about that.
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I don't agree that Republicans "reflexively hate" Obama. At least not more than Democrats reflexively hate Bush.