there were only a few nominations that made it through in the bush administration, people like roger gregory early on. like most of the people talking about confirmation, like september, that kind of thing. >> that is it on timing. we are up to 4. what kind of people will go on court? of lot of people want to balance out the conservative judges that previous republican presidents put on. what attributes do you see president obama looking for in selecting judges? >> i can speak from the transmission standpoint. he was looking first and foremost for capable, intellectual lawyers, jurists, that was first and foremost, clearly see. her qualifications. my sense of the extra factor, the distinguishing factor was that this was a person who understood, who had a sense of why they wanted to be a judge, not just a pristine piece of paper, not just reading briefs, but really understood and had some interest in the human interest of judging, who had some life experience dealing with people. i have the sense the president was not that interested in people, was more interested in people who actually had l

. >> there were only a few nominations that were made and those were people like roger gregory early. when we talk about confirmations, it was september, the kind of thing. >> ok. that is it on timing. we were up to four. what kind of people will be put on the court? a lo

. >> there were only a few nominations that were made and those were people like roger gregory early on. when we talk about confirmations, it was september, the kind of thing. >> ok. that is it on timing. we were up to four. what kind of people will be put on the court? a lot of people want to counterbalance and balance out the conservative judges particularly on the court of appeals that president bush and previous republican presidents have put on. what kind of attributes to uc president obama looking for in selecting judges? >> i can speak from the transition standpoint where we worked on this. it was clear that he was looking for very capable, intellectually gifted lawyers, jurists, law professors. that was first and foremost. clearly superior qualifications. i think my sense of the extra factor that -- the distinguishing factor was more just a sense that this was a person who understood -- who had a sense of why they wanted to be a judge. not just a pristine piece of paper, not just reading bricks, but understood and had some interest in the human dimensions of judging, who want