senator, how does this all end up? the original sin was the president deciding that he needed to pick somebody off a heritage foundation approved list for the supreme court. there is absolutely nothing that prevents a president from standing with the majority leader and the minority leader and announcing a consensus appointee to the supreme court. they decided not to do that. they are pushing for gorsuch s nomination and a lot of politics led to this along the way that can t be explained by judicial philosophy. good morning, senator. it s rick tyler. in the end, republicans will argue that the supreme court, which is often not part of a political campaign, but it has been because the supreme court decided the outcome of obamacare. so, it was definitely part of the campaign, and trump won. shouldn t trump be able to pick the nominee that aligns ideologically with the right as the democrat, i assume, hillary clinton, would have picked someone that the republicans