the last republican appointee came on in 2006, that was samuel alito and my experience is there s a lot of competing interest, intraparty. so he ll hear from conservatives who want individuals on that lais state or federal court judges but we ll hear from people who think go with a real power hitter who would be like justice scalia himself. i think he ll hear from the federalist society and mitch mcconnell who engineered this moment by stalling on merrick garland and i think there are some on the list who have good chances, for example judge thomas lee of u.tah. let me ask you and i think i know what your answer will be, but president obama s pick of judge merrick garland, is that a b