still know what a backbone is, the rest are miracles of science walking about invert brates, without a backbone. they have no spine. it s a miracle they can walk on two legs. i want to taukt texas, what s happening in texas. let s talk about the new secretary of state there, john scott, a lawyer who briefly represented former president trump in his effort to challenge pennsylvania s election results. what do you think of that appointment, scott? i talked to some people i know in texas. i don t know mr. scott. but i m told he s thought of as a qualified guy, somebody who had a number of different jobs in government, a well thought of person. the trump involvement here, though, makes the decision, you know, obviously a flash point. this is not an appointment that would normally draw that much attention except for the fact that he was briefly, i think,