Valerie Jarrett Asked About Obama Playing Politics with Alito, Talks About Reagan Instead

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

TAPPER: "Republicans say president Obama previously played politics with supreme court nominees put forth by president George W. Bush by filibustering. Now Justice Samuel Alito voting to do so anyway and justice John Roberts. Both of them quite qualified. Some say why should Senate Republicans act any less politically than then senator Obama did?"

JARRETT: "The fact of the matter is that Justice Roberts is on the court today. The last time we were in an election year under president Reagan, the chief justice was already there. We know that during Reagan's election year 93-0 the nominee was approved. This is a time when Vice President Biden was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. And we were able to move forward. So we've done this in an election year before, there is no reason why we can't do it now."