reform package. so as to address the very issues that booth raises. there are people who say the generation before us took the money and spent it up. now we are suffering the consequences. what do you say to that? well, i can t help what happened in the past. i can only look to the future. my concern is people like myself will not suffer from policy changes right now. i m concerned about people in the future and why we had social security in the inception. it was because people didn t have any type of retirement plan or anything to live off ochlt people can t depend on stock market, 401(k)s and plans like that for future retirement. a lot of people are not eligible for those types of plans. thomas, how soon are we looking at a possible change of
top, from my ears, the top lawyers. number two at the justice department under clinton. they are getting the best lawyers in the country. why wouldn t bp go for the best lawyers? they ve got the biggest problem. they got the most money. you get the best lawyers. that s the way it works. what do you make of the $20 billion? can it mean faster payment under feinberg, or can it just look like it s going to be faster? well, i think two things. bp has zero bargaining leverage related to the cleanup. they don t have a choice. the fact that it s paid out over four years is good from an investor s standpoint so people don t completely give up on bp. where would they be if they went belly up? all the people that need payments wount get any if they were in bankruptcy court. i think it s a good move tochlt have a panel that can move rapidly. the way i understand it, bp will pass on it first.
the administration is doing, and we heard it here today from senator leahy, is trying to cut through that left-right by going man of the people versus the powerful. so you re going to have a supreme court where every single member is harvard or yale. a lot of people talked about for the court are harvard or yale. i wouldn t be surprised if they went outside that fraternity and tried to get somebody who reflects where the country is right now, extremely hostile to washington, extremely hostile to the establishment. that will make it hard for republicans to filibuster. harold ford, you heard the president said maybe i need somebody with political experience. he s got a very well developed sense of the constition and judicial philosophy. does he want to move in that direction where you can get somebody to build consensus as a politician? he ll need tochlt i think david points are right. i heard senator leahy or the chairman say they re looking for someone with a broader set of experie
we heard it here today from senator leahy, is trying to cut through that left-right by going man of the people versus the powerful. so you re going to have a supreme court where every single member is harvard or yale. a lot of people talked about for the court are harvard or yale. i wouldn t be surprised if they went outside that fraternity and tried to get somebody who reflects where the country is right now, extremely hostile to washington, extremely hostile to the establishment. that will make it hard for republicans to filibuster. harold ford, you heard the president said maybe i need somebody with political experience. he s got a very well developed sense of the constition and judicial philosophy. does he want to move in that direction where you can get somebody to build consensus as a politician? he ll need tochlt i think david points are right. i heard senator leahy or the chairman say they re looking for someone with a broader set of experiences. when you consider the kinds
holding his fire as it relates to ray moore. there are a couple of reasons for this according to the trump administration officials i ve talked tochlt chief among them is the president sees few positives and lolgts ts of nega getting involved in this race, on mitch mcconnell and washington establishment. the president knows well who his supporters are not just in alabama but across the country. it s the hard core conservatives by and large many still support ray moore in alabama. as to the contrast, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders spoke directly to this issue why the president is criticizing al franken but not saying hardly anything about ray moore. take a look. i think in one case specifically senator franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn t. i think that s a very clear distinction. a clear distinction she says. but also a strategy, a rational