down to is the democrats in the senate simply cannot accept the fact that donald trump is the president, because obama era intelligence officials like john brennan and jim clapper and leon panetta and michael morell all supports gina haspel s nomination. steve: main reason you say she is getting opposition on capitol hill from the democrats is simply because donald trump nominated her? i don t see how else you could explain it, steve. when john brennan and jim clapper, the director of the cia and director of national intelligence for barack obama don t just support gina but actively and openly advocate for her, on what possible grounds are the senate democrats opposing her? other than the fact that donald trump nominated her. steve: nod your head one way or the other, will she be approved by the senate? she will get a bipartisan vote by the senate intelligence committee. she will have a bipartisan vote by the senate. she will be the next cia director. steve: good to know. tom cotto