panel. kate shepherd is a reporter for mother jones. judd is editor in chief of think progress. gang, great to have you all here. i want to the start out with what s going on with chris christie. we just got the tweet from his official handle saying he will be holding a press conference coming up at 1:30 p.m. in trenton today. obviously, this is a big moment for the governor because not only is he thinking about what s going to happen in the state of new jersey and how to repair and appoint someone in the late frank lautenberg seat but also about his political future. republicans close to this process assume that no matter how christie interprets the law regarding the special election, someone will sue and get courts to clarify. that s why christie wants to set things in motion. as we talk about that, again, 1:30 today, chris christie. what are the scenarios we can expect? right. i ve been told that christie yesterday had already set his sights on former governor tom keane sr. th
now, of course, he has the down side of, you know, being a problem in terms of what he says and being a little, you know, o off, he doesn t feel like a number two, but he has been campaigning hard for romney. he could be an asset. i think that the ideal pick is marco rubio and i know the governor disagree with this. if you want to lock down florida rub rubio does that. it does not help with immigration. and he is inexperienced. i am different than both of you, i think bob mcdonnell from virginia. i think this because if they are a more conservative catholic base, he is popular in virginia, very much what romney wants to put forward and virginia will be
building. on the judge report, simple summation of the reality senators will face. he says, she says, thursday. kavanaugh adamantly denies the allegation and says he want the opportunity to publicly defend himself. he s getting help from the president, who insists kavanaugh is an ideal pick. he was born you talk about central casting. he was born they were saying it ten years ago about him. he was born for the u.s. supreme court. he was born for it. it s going to happen. we have to fight for him. not worry about the other side. and by the way, women are for that more than anybody would understand. a major conservative conference on friday and his message to the base was don t worry. in the very near future,