MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript

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MADDOW: Last week, days before Supreme Court Justice John Paul

Stevens announced he was retiring, the Republican Party was already

threatening to filibuster his potential replacement. The senior senator

from Minnesota, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, joined me on-set to talk about that

and to address speculation that if Justice Stevens did retire, she could be

his replacement.

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MADDOW: Thanks for coming in.

SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D), MINNESOTA: As you see, I"m wearing the

wrong color to be on the Supreme Court.

MADDOW: Well, your microphone is black.

KLOBUCHAR: Yes, that"s correct.

MADDOW: Very slimming.

KLOBUCHAR: And also, there"s all those old speeches of mine that

you would find. Remember the Sotomayor wise Latina?

MADDOW: Yes.

KLOBUCHAR: Well, I call myself a wise Slovenian. So, it"s over

before it even started.

MADDOW: I don"t know, if you really got the Slovenian people behind

you in America, it would be an unstoppable political blog.

KLOBUCHAR: Yes, it"s a small but mighty country. That"s right.

MADDOW: Is it flattering to be mentioned? Is it just awkward? Is

it both?

KLOBUCHAR: No, it is. But I love my job now. And as you know, as

you pointed out with the Senate, there"s a lot of work to be done there.

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