any way a bargaining process or a log rolling process. you wouldn t want people to trade with each other. you know, you vote this way and i ll vote that way and then we can, you know, get some unanimous decisions. err judge has to do with he or she thinks the law requires. this is a done deal. we didn t hear anything earth shattering today? no, not at all. and even a republican senator from texas, jon coryn says he does believe she will be confirmed. essentially what we saw was a refusal to say anything that could be controversial. to use a sports analogy, she pretty much held on to a ball today, day three of what were somewhat contentious hearings. day three was quite smooth sailing for her. she was asked about partial birth abortion, views of gays in the military. she didn t really engage republican questions on that