you think and when republicans were back in the majority, they lowered the vote threshold to 51 votes for supreme court justices as well. let s bring in phil manningly. do you know if mcconnell is even considering listening to schumer to wait until after the election. i appreciate your chuckle. the short answer is no. he made that statement on the senate floor a short while ago saying there will be a vote in the fall and they expect to have hearings after a selection is made and it is worth noting, the senate majority leader is high on the 25 individuals that are on president trump s list that he said he would pick from. most interesting from the republican side of things in terms of what will happen next, i have one top republican official tell me the full machinery of the republican party is about to kick into high gear. this is obviously an issue of utmost importance for the majority leader and the parry. we re talking millions of dollars in outside money and major pushes on the p