independence, integrity, and passion for the law. and who can ultimately provide that same kind of leadership on the court. welcome back to the ed show. this is the battleground story. president obama says elena kagan will provide the same leadership as retiring justice john paul stevens. there are a lot of liberals who are not convinced of yet. justice stevens is anchor of the court s liberal wing, railed against bush/cheney, such as treatment of detainees in guantanamo bay. elena kagan has fought for the obama administration to preserve some of the bush era tactics but also has a strong tactic taking on business. she led the fight to keep corporate cash out of our elections. let s bring in katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the nation. a lot of progressives around the
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my commentary on that. plus reaction from senator sherrod brown from ohio and congressman joe sestak coming up. the 9/11 first responders went to washington today and put the heartless senate republicans to shame. this was powerful and everyone needs to hear it. i will play it for you, coming up. and mississippi governor haley barbour is trying to walk back his glowing review of pro-segregation groups in the south. reverend al sharpton has something to say to the governor about that at the bottom of the hour. and outgoing senator arlen specter, his amazing chop block on some of his senate colleagues. this is a senator who really is concerned about what has happened in the institution of the senate that he so clearly loves. senator specter will join us in the playbook tonight. just why did he do that on his last day in the senate? and this is the story that has me fired up tonight, folks. president obama is on the verge of another major victory in the