“Composed, Direct and Totally Unfazed”

42 talks Kagan in NYT interview.

Read more Clinton insight on the "unfailingly meticulous" SCOTUS nom here.

Meanwhile: McConnell says "some of her views are quite troubling."

HALPERIN'S TAKE: The White House roll-out of Kagan leading up to her confirmation hearings has been better orchestrated than a Leonard Bernstein masterpiece -- and every bit as good as the Roberts and Alito triumphs of the Bush administration (from whose playbook the Obamans borrowed liberally).