the justice who had been there before. this doesn't mean that democrats always pick hard core right wingers, but overall, over time it has been a steady, deliberate march to the right on the supreme court. evidence even for democrats. similarly the presidency, whether political scientists in this country, a professor from university of georgia is the date that we'll show, when political scientists in this country track the liberalness and conservativeness of politicians, you get a graph. it looks confusing, it's simple and totally makes sense. this is a graph about moderation. you see the dotted yellow line down the middle? that is moderation. that is the line that indicates neither liberal nor conservative, that means moderate, that is the center in terms policy positions. the further up on the graph is the more conservative you are, the further down you get on the graph the more liberal you are.