actually just withdraw his own nomination. we have you have the governor of alaska giving murkowski cover, i think he's going to back out. >> is this a double edged sword for the gop or make an argument there is, as kellyanne conway put it today, a vast left wing conspiracy, and would that help at the polls? enthusiasm for the gop is up according to the latest poll. >> they can try, i don't think it will work. placing him on the court is so worthwhile and important to conservatives, that it is worth risking the house and the senate. because having a 5-4 majority on the court is worth losing a cycle they can get back later. this is the capstone to 40 or 50 years of activism on the right to change the composition on the right. if they lose a couple of senate seats, it's not the worst thing. >> if you don't know what nick is talking about, the federalist