appropriate setting. it sort of changes some of the gravitational pull in the white house. so much has been going on in situation room, and now the legislative counsel office is the center of the universe. those are the people who will be instrumental in helping the president decide a list of nominees. certainly the president has been aggressive in making judicial picks in his year and a few days in office. he's got a list of those already. they'll be looking at those potential candidates and the president has publicly indicated he would like to see an african-american woman jurist be on the supreme court. so we can look at that, and that may refine our list. if i go a little further down the road, we will be spending some of our time in the offhours, chuck, looking for clues. are there interviews? are there people coming to town? all of that still to come. it's some some ways an exciting period and also one where people dig in and take their sides. >> well, when you look at the